github-actions-3-caching-strategies

name	github-actions-3-caching-strategies
description	Sub-skill of github-actions: 3. Caching Strategies (+1).
version	1.0.0
category	operations
type	reference
scripts_exempt	true

3. Caching Strategies (+1)

3. Caching Strategies

# .github/workflows/caching.yml
name: Build with Caching

on: [push, pull_request]

jobs:
  build-with-cache:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      # Python pip cache
      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: '3.11'
          cache: 'pip'
          cache-dependency-path: |
            requirements.txt
            requirements-dev.txt

      # Node modules cache
      - name: Set up Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: '20'
          cache: 'npm'
          cache-dependency-path: package-lock.json

      # Custom cache for build artifacts
      - name: Cache build outputs
        uses: actions/cache@v4
        id: build-cache
        with:
          path: |
            build/
            dist/
            .pytest_cache/
          key: build-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('src/**', 'pyproject.toml') }}
          restore-keys: |
            build-${{ runner.os }}-

      # Docker layer cache
      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3

      - name: Cache Docker layers
        uses: actions/cache@v4
        with:
          path: /tmp/.buildx-cache
          key: docker-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('Dockerfile') }}
          restore-keys: |
            docker-${{ runner.os }}-

      # Rust cargo cache
      - name: Cache Cargo
        uses: actions/cache@v4
        with:
          path: |
            ~/.cargo/bin/
            ~/.cargo/registry/index/
            ~/.cargo/registry/cache/
            ~/.cargo/git/db/
            target/
          key: cargo-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
          restore-keys: |
            cargo-${{ runner.os }}-

      - name: Skip build if cached
        if: steps.build-cache.outputs.cache-hit == 'true'
        run: echo "Using cached build artifacts"

      - name: Build
        if: steps.build-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
        run: |
          pip install -e ".[dev]"
          python -m build

      - name: Run tests
        run: pytest tests/ -v

4. Artifact Management

# .github/workflows/artifacts.yml
name: Build and Release Artifacts

on:
  push:
    tags: ['v*']
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  build-artifacts:
    name: Build (${{ matrix.os }})
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    strategy:
      matrix:
        include:
          - os: ubuntu-latest
            artifact_name: app-linux-x64
            asset_name: app-linux-x64.tar.gz
          - os: macos-latest
            artifact_name: app-macos-x64
            asset_name: app-macos-x64.tar.gz
          - os: windows-latest
            artifact_name: app-windows-x64
            asset_name: app-windows-x64.zip

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Build application