update for new beta release

According with the behavior description the id of "Get npm cache directory" must be "npm-cache-dir".

I checked it in my own project.

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"name": "Node.js & TypeScript",
-	"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/typescript-node:16-bullseye",
-	// Features to add to the dev container. More info: https://containers.dev/implementors/features.
-	// "features": {},
-	// Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
-	// "forwardPorts": [],
-	// Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
-	"postCreateCommand": "npm install && npm run build"
-	// Configure tool-specific properties.
-	// "customizations": {},
-	// Uncomment to connect as root instead. More info: https://aka.ms/dev-containers-non-root.
-	// "remoteUser": "root"
-}

RELEASES.md

@@ -40,3 +40,12 @@
 ### 3.0.11
 - Update toolkit version to 3.0.5 to include `@actions/core@^1.10.0`
 - Update `@actions/cache` to use updated `saveState` and `setOutput` functions from `@actions/core@^1.10.0`
+
+### 3.1.0-beta.1
+- Update `@actions/cache` on windows to use gnu tar and zstd by default and fallback to bsdtar and zstd if gnu tar is not available. ([issue](https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/984))
+
+### 3.1.0-beta.2
+- Added support for fallback to gzip to restore old caches on windows.
+
+### 3.1.0-beta.3
+- Bug fixes for bsdtar fallback if gnutar not available and gzip fallback if cache saved using old cache action on windows.

__tests__/restore.test.ts

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ test("restore on GHES with AC available ", async () => {
     const infoMock = jest.spyOn(core, "info");
     const failedMock = jest.spyOn(core, "setFailed");
     const stateMock = jest.spyOn(core, "saveState");
-    const setCacheHitOutputMock = jest.spyOn(core, "setOutput");
+    const setCacheHitOutputMock = jest.spyOn(actionUtils, "setCacheHitOutput");
     const restoreCacheMock = jest
         .spyOn(cache, "restoreCache")
         .mockImplementationOnce(() => {
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ test("restore on GHES with AC available ", async () => {
 
     expect(stateMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("CACHE_KEY", key);
     expect(setCacheHitOutputMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(setCacheHitOutputMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("cache-hit", "true");
+    expect(setCacheHitOutputMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true);
 
     expect(infoMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(`Cache restored from key: ${key}`);
     expect(failedMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ test("restore with cache found for key", async () => {
     const infoMock = jest.spyOn(core, "info");
     const failedMock = jest.spyOn(core, "setFailed");
     const stateMock = jest.spyOn(core, "saveState");
-    const setCacheHitOutputMock = jest.spyOn(core, "setOutput");
+    const setCacheHitOutputMock = jest.spyOn(actionUtils, "setCacheHitOutput");
     const restoreCacheMock = jest
         .spyOn(cache, "restoreCache")
         .mockImplementationOnce(() => {
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ test("restore with cache found for key", async () => {
 
     expect(stateMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("CACHE_KEY", key);
     expect(setCacheHitOutputMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(setCacheHitOutputMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("cache-hit", "true");
+    expect(setCacheHitOutputMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true);
 
     expect(infoMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(`Cache restored from key: ${key}`);
     expect(failedMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ test("restore with cache found for restore key", async () => {
     const infoMock = jest.spyOn(core, "info");
     const failedMock = jest.spyOn(core, "setFailed");
     const stateMock = jest.spyOn(core, "saveState");
-    const setCacheHitOutputMock = jest.spyOn(core, "setOutput");
+    const setCacheHitOutputMock = jest.spyOn(actionUtils, "setCacheHitOutput");
     const restoreCacheMock = jest
         .spyOn(cache, "restoreCache")
         .mockImplementationOnce(() => {
@@ -317,7 +317,8 @@ test("restore with cache found for restore key", async () => {
 
     expect(stateMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("CACHE_KEY", key);
     expect(setCacheHitOutputMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(setCacheHitOutputMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith("cache-hit", "false");
+    expect(setCacheHitOutputMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false);
+
     expect(infoMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         `Cache restored from key: ${restoreKey}`
     );

action.yml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ runs:
   using: 'node16'
   main: 'dist/restore/index.js'
   post: 'dist/save/index.js'
-  post-if: success()
+  post-if: 'success()'
 branding:
   icon: 'archive'
   color: 'gray-dark'

examples.md

@@ -309,14 +309,29 @@ We cache the elements of the Cabal store separately, as the entirety of `~/.caba
 For npm, cache files are stored in `~/.npm` on Posix, or `~\AppData\npm-cache` on Windows, but it's possible to use `npm config get cache` to find the path on any platform. See [the npm docs](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/cache#cache) for more details.
 
 If using `npm config` to retrieve the cache directory, ensure you run [actions/setup-node](https://github.com/actions/setup-node) first to ensure your `npm` version is correct.
+After [deprecation](https://github.blog/changelog/2022-10-11-github-actions-deprecating-save-state-and-set-output-commands/) of save-state and set-output commands, the correct way to set output is using `${GITHUB_OUTPUT}`. For linux, we can use `${GITHUB_OUTPUT}` whereas for windows we need to use `${env:GITHUB_OUTPUT}` due to two different default shells in these two different OS ie `bash` and `pwsh` respectively.
 
 >Note: It is not recommended to cache `node_modules`, as it can break across Node versions and won't work with `npm ci`
 
+### **Get npm cache directory using same shell**
+### Bash shell
 ```yaml
 - name: Get npm cache directory
   id: npm-cache-dir
-  run: |
-    echo "::set-output name=dir::$(npm config get cache)"
+  shell: bash
+  run: echo "dir=$(npm config get cache)" >> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
+```
+
+### PWSH shell
+```yaml
+- name: Get npm cache directory
+  id: npm-cache-dir
+  shell: pwsh
+  run: echo "dir=$(npm config get cache)" >> ${env:GITHUB_OUTPUT}
+```
+`Get npm cache directory` step can then be used with `actions/cache` as shown below
+
+```yaml
 - uses: actions/cache@v3
   id: npm-cache # use this to check for `cache-hit` ==> if: steps.npm-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
   with:

package-lock.json

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 {
   "name": "cache",
-  "version": "3.0.11",
+  "version": "3.1.0-beta.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "cache",
-      "version": "3.0.11",
+      "version": "3.1.0-beta.3",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@actions/cache": "^3.0.5",
+        "@actions/cache": "3.1.0-beta.3",
         "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
         "@actions/exec": "^1.1.1",
         "@actions/io": "^1.1.2"
@@ -36,15 +36,16 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@actions/cache": {
-      "version": "3.0.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/cache/-/cache-3.0.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-0WpPmwnRPkn5k5ASmjoX8bY8NrZEPTwN+64nGYJmR/bHjEVgC8svdf5K956wi67tNJBGJky2+UfvNbUOtHmMHg==",
+      "version": "3.1.0-beta.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/cache/-/cache-3.1.0-beta.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-71S1vd0WKLbC2lAe04pCYqTLBjSa8gURtiqnVBCYAt8QVBjOfwa2D3ESf2m8K2xjUxman/Yimdp7CPJDyFnxZg==",
       "dependencies": {
         "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
         "@actions/exec": "^1.0.1",
         "@actions/glob": "^0.1.0",
         "@actions/http-client": "^2.0.1",
         "@actions/io": "^1.0.1",
+        "@azure/abort-controller": "^1.1.0",
         "@azure/ms-rest-js": "^2.6.0",
         "@azure/storage-blob": "^12.8.0",
         "semver": "^6.1.0",
@@ -111,14 +112,14 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@azure/abort-controller": {
-      "version": "1.0.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@azure/abort-controller/-/abort-controller-1.0.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-lNUmDRVGpanCsiUN3NWxFTdwmdFI53xwhkTFfHDGTYk46ca7Ind3nanJc+U6Zj9Tv+9nTCWRBscWEW1DyKOpTw==",
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@azure/abort-controller/-/abort-controller-1.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-TrRLIoSQVzfAJX9H1JeFjzAoDGcoK1IYX1UImfceTZpsyYfWr09Ss1aHW1y5TrrR3iq6RZLBwJ3E24uwPhwahw==",
       "dependencies": {
-        "tslib": "^2.0.0"
+        "tslib": "^2.2.0"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=8.0.0"
+        "node": ">=12.0.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@azure/abort-controller/node_modules/tslib": {
@@ -9721,15 +9722,16 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@actions/cache": {
-      "version": "3.0.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/cache/-/cache-3.0.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-0WpPmwnRPkn5k5ASmjoX8bY8NrZEPTwN+64nGYJmR/bHjEVgC8svdf5K956wi67tNJBGJky2+UfvNbUOtHmMHg==",
+      "version": "3.1.0-beta.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/cache/-/cache-3.1.0-beta.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-71S1vd0WKLbC2lAe04pCYqTLBjSa8gURtiqnVBCYAt8QVBjOfwa2D3ESf2m8K2xjUxman/Yimdp7CPJDyFnxZg==",
       "requires": {
         "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
         "@actions/exec": "^1.0.1",
         "@actions/glob": "^0.1.0",
         "@actions/http-client": "^2.0.1",
         "@actions/io": "^1.0.1",
+        "@azure/abort-controller": "^1.1.0",
         "@azure/ms-rest-js": "^2.6.0",
         "@azure/storage-blob": "^12.8.0",
         "semver": "^6.1.0",
@@ -9792,11 +9794,11 @@
       }
     },
     "@azure/abort-controller": {
-      "version": "1.0.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@azure/abort-controller/-/abort-controller-1.0.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-lNUmDRVGpanCsiUN3NWxFTdwmdFI53xwhkTFfHDGTYk46ca7Ind3nanJc+U6Zj9Tv+9nTCWRBscWEW1DyKOpTw==",
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@azure/abort-controller/-/abort-controller-1.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-TrRLIoSQVzfAJX9H1JeFjzAoDGcoK1IYX1UImfceTZpsyYfWr09Ss1aHW1y5TrrR3iq6RZLBwJ3E24uwPhwahw==",
       "requires": {
-        "tslib": "^2.0.0"
+        "tslib": "^2.2.0"
       },
       "dependencies": {
         "tslib": {

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cache",
-  "version": "3.0.11",
+  "version": "3.1.0-beta.3",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Cache dependencies and build outputs",
   "main": "dist/restore/index.js",
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   "author": "GitHub",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@actions/cache": "^3.0.5",
+    "@actions/cache": "3.1.0-beta.3",
     "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
     "@actions/exec": "^1.1.1",
     "@actions/io": "^1.1.2"

restore/action.yml

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-name: 'Restore Cache'
-description: 'Restore Cache artifacts like dependencies and build outputs to improve workflow execution time'
-author: 'GitHub'
-inputs:
-  path:
-    description: 'The same list of files, directories, and wildcard patterns to restore cache that were used while saving it'
-    required: true
-  key:
-    description: 'An explicit key for restoring the cache'
-    required: true
-  restore-keys:
-    description: 'An ordered list of keys to use for restoring stale cache if no cache hit occurred for key. Note `cache-hit` returns false in this case.'
-    required: false
-outputs:
-  cache-hit:
-    description: 'A boolean value to indicate an exact match was found for the primary key'
-runs:
-  using: 'node16'
-  main: '../dist/restore/index.js'
-branding:
-  icon: 'archive'
-  color: 'gray-dark'
-  

save/action.yml

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-name: 'Save Cache'
-description: 'Save Cache artifacts like dependencies and build outputs to improve workflow execution time'
-author: 'GitHub'
-inputs:
-  path:
-    description: 'A list of files, directories, and wildcard patterns to cache'
-    required: true
-  key:
-    description: 'An explicit key for saving the cache'
-    required: true
-  upload-chunk-size:
-    description: 'The chunk size used to split up large files during upload, in bytes'
-    required: false
-runs:
-  using: 'node16'
-  main: '../dist/save/index.js'
-branding:
-  icon: 'archive'
-  color: 'gray-dark'

src/restore.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,60 @@
-import { StateProvider } from "./stateProvider";
-import restoreImpl from "./restoreImpl";
+import * as cache from "@actions/cache";
+import * as core from "@actions/core";
+
+import { Events, Inputs, State } from "./constants";
+import * as utils from "./utils/actionUtils";
 
 async function run(): Promise<void> {
-    await restoreImpl(new StateProvider());
+    try {
+        if (!utils.isCacheFeatureAvailable()) {
+            utils.setCacheHitOutput(false);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Validate inputs, this can cause task failure
+        if (!utils.isValidEvent()) {
+            utils.logWarning(
+                `Event Validation Error: The event type ${
+                    process.env[Events.Key]
+                } is not supported because it's not tied to a branch or tag ref.`
+            );
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const primaryKey = core.getInput(Inputs.Key, { required: true });
+        core.saveState(State.CachePrimaryKey, primaryKey);
+
+        const restoreKeys = utils.getInputAsArray(Inputs.RestoreKeys);
+        const cachePaths = utils.getInputAsArray(Inputs.Path, {
+            required: true
+        });
+
+        const cacheKey = await cache.restoreCache(
+            cachePaths,
+            primaryKey,
+            restoreKeys
+        );
+
+        if (!cacheKey) {
+            core.info(
+                `Cache not found for input keys: ${[
+                    primaryKey,
+                    ...restoreKeys
+                ].join(", ")}`
+            );
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Store the matched cache key
+        utils.setCacheState(cacheKey);
+
+        const isExactKeyMatch = utils.isExactKeyMatch(primaryKey, cacheKey);
+        utils.setCacheHitOutput(isExactKeyMatch);
+        core.info(`Cache restored from key: ${cacheKey}`);
+    } catch (error: unknown) {
+        core.setFailed((error as Error).message);
+    }
 }
 
 run();

src/restoreImpl.ts

@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-import * as cache from "@actions/cache";
-import * as core from "@actions/core";
-
-import { Events, Inputs, Outputs, State } from "./constants";
-import { IStateProvider } from "./stateProvider";
-import * as utils from "./utils/actionUtils";
-
-async function restoreImpl(stateProvider: IStateProvider): Promise<string | undefined> {
-    try {
-        if (!utils.isCacheFeatureAvailable()) {
-            utils.setCacheHitOutput(false);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // Validate inputs, this can cause task failure
-        if (!utils.isValidEvent()) {
-            utils.logWarning(
-                `Event Validation Error: The event type ${
-                    process.env[Events.Key]
-                } is not supported because it's not tied to a branch or tag ref.`
-            );
-            return;
-        }
-
-        const primaryKey = core.getInput(Inputs.Key, { required: true });
-        stateProvider.setState(State.CachePrimaryKey, primaryKey);
-
-        const restoreKeys = utils.getInputAsArray(Inputs.RestoreKeys);
-        const cachePaths = utils.getInputAsArray(Inputs.Path, {
-            required: true
-        });
-
-        const cacheKey = await cache.restoreCache(
-            cachePaths,
-            primaryKey,
-            restoreKeys
-        );
-
-        if (!cacheKey) {
-            core.info(
-                `Cache not found for input keys: ${[
-                    primaryKey,
-                    ...restoreKeys
-                ].join(", ")}`
-            );
-
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // Store the matched cache key in states
-        stateProvider.setState(State.CacheMatchedKey, cacheKey);
-
-        const isExactKeyMatch = utils.isExactKeyMatch(
-            core.getInput(Inputs.Key, { required: true }),
-            cacheKey
-        );
-
-        core.setOutput(Outputs.CacheHit, isExactKeyMatch.toString());
-        core.info(`Cache restored from key: ${cacheKey}`);
-
-        return cacheKey;
-    } catch (error: unknown) {
-        core.setFailed((error as Error).message);
-    }
-}
-
-export default restoreImpl;

src/restoreOnly.ts

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import restoreImpl from "./restoreImpl";
-import { NullStateProvider } from "./stateProvider";
-
-async function run(): Promise<void> {
-    await restoreImpl(new NullStateProvider());
-}
-
-run();
-
-export default run;

src/save.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,59 @@
-import saveImpl from "./saveImpl";
-import { StateProvider } from "./stateProvider";
+import * as cache from "@actions/cache";
+import * as core from "@actions/core";
+
+import { Events, Inputs, State } from "./constants";
+import * as utils from "./utils/actionUtils";
+
+// Catch and log any unhandled exceptions.  These exceptions can leak out of the uploadChunk method in
+// @actions/toolkit when a failed upload closes the file descriptor causing any in-process reads to
+// throw an uncaught exception.  Instead of failing this action, just warn.
+process.on("uncaughtException", e => utils.logWarning(e.message));
 
 async function run(): Promise<void> {
-    await saveImpl(new StateProvider());
+    try {
+        if (!utils.isCacheFeatureAvailable()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (!utils.isValidEvent()) {
+            utils.logWarning(
+                `Event Validation Error: The event type ${
+                    process.env[Events.Key]
+                } is not supported because it's not tied to a branch or tag ref.`
+            );
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const state = utils.getCacheState();
+
+        // Inputs are re-evaluted before the post action, so we want the original key used for restore
+        const primaryKey = core.getState(State.CachePrimaryKey);
+        if (!primaryKey) {
+            utils.logWarning(`Error retrieving key from state.`);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (utils.isExactKeyMatch(primaryKey, state)) {
+            core.info(
+                `Cache hit occurred on the primary key ${primaryKey}, not saving cache.`
+            );
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const cachePaths = utils.getInputAsArray(Inputs.Path, {
+            required: true
+        });
+
+        const cacheId = await cache.saveCache(cachePaths, primaryKey, {
+            uploadChunkSize: utils.getInputAsInt(Inputs.UploadChunkSize)
+        });
+
+        if (cacheId != -1) {
+            core.info(`Cache saved with key: ${primaryKey}`);
+        }
+    } catch (error: unknown) {
+        utils.logWarning((error as Error).message);
+    }
 }
 
 run();

src/saveImpl.ts

@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-import * as cache from "@actions/cache";
-import * as core from "@actions/core";
-
-import { Events, Inputs, State } from "./constants";
-import { IStateProvider } from "./stateProvider";
-import * as utils from "./utils/actionUtils";
-
-// Catch and log any unhandled exceptions.  These exceptions can leak out of the uploadChunk method in
-// @actions/toolkit when a failed upload closes the file descriptor causing any in-process reads to
-// throw an uncaught exception.  Instead of failing this action, just warn.
-process.on("uncaughtException", e => utils.logWarning(e.message));
-
-async function saveImpl(stateProvider: IStateProvider): Promise<void> {
-    try {
-        if (!utils.isCacheFeatureAvailable()) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        if (!utils.isValidEvent()) {
-            utils.logWarning(
-                `Event Validation Error: The event type ${
-                    process.env[Events.Key]
-                } is not supported because it's not tied to a branch or tag ref.`
-            );
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // If restore has stored a primary key in state, reuse that
-        // Else re-evaluate from inputs
-        const primaryKey =
-            stateProvider.getState(State.CachePrimaryKey) ||
-            core.getInput(Inputs.Key);
-
-        if (!primaryKey) {
-            utils.logWarning(`Error retrieving key from state.`);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // If matched restore key is same as primary key, then do not save cache
-        // NO-OP in case of SaveOnly action
-        const state = stateProvider.getCacheState();
-        if (utils.isExactKeyMatch(primaryKey, state)) {
-            core.info(
-                `Cache hit occurred on the primary key ${primaryKey}, not saving cache.`
-            );
-            return;
-        }
-
-        const cachePaths = utils.getInputAsArray(Inputs.Path, {
-            required: true
-        });
-
-        const cacheId = await cache.saveCache(cachePaths, primaryKey, {
-            uploadChunkSize: utils.getInputAsInt(Inputs.UploadChunkSize)
-        });
-
-        if (cacheId != -1) {
-            core.info(`Cache saved with key: ${primaryKey}`);
-        }
-    } catch (error: unknown) {
-        utils.logWarning((error as Error).message);
-    }
-}
-
-export default saveImpl;

src/saveOnly.ts

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import saveImpl from "./saveImpl";
-import { NullStateProvider } from "./stateProvider";
-
-async function run(): Promise<void> {
-    await saveImpl(new NullStateProvider());
-}
-
-run();
-
-export default run;

src/stateProvider.ts

@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-import * as core from "@actions/core";
-
-import { State } from "./constants";
-
-export interface IStateProvider {
-    //setOutput(key: string, value: string): void;
-    setState(key: string, value: string): void;
-    getState(key: string): string;
-
-    getCacheState(): string | undefined;
-}
-
-class StateProviderBase implements IStateProvider {
-    getCacheState(): string | undefined {
-        const cacheKey = this.getState(State.CacheMatchedKey);
-        if (cacheKey) {
-            core.debug(`Cache state/key: ${cacheKey}`);
-            return cacheKey;
-        }
-
-        return undefined;
-    }
-
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars, @typescript-eslint/no-empty-function
-    setState = (key: string, value: string) => {};
-
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-    getState = (key: string) => "";
-}
-
-export class StateProvider extends StateProviderBase {
-    //setOutput = core.setOutput;
-    setState = core.saveState;
-    getState = core.getState;
-}
-
-export class NullStateProvider extends StateProviderBase {
-    //setOutput = core.setOutput;
-    setState = core.setOutput;
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-    getState = (key: string) => "";
-}

src/utils/actionUtils.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as cache from "@actions/cache";
 import * as core from "@actions/core";
 
-import { Outputs, RefKey } from "../constants";
+import { Outputs, RefKey, State } from "../constants";
 
 export function isGhes(): boolean {
     const ghUrl = new URL(
@@ -19,10 +19,30 @@ export function isExactKeyMatch(key: string, cacheKey?: string): boolean {
     );
 }
 
+export function setCacheState(state: string): void {
+    core.saveState(State.CacheMatchedKey, state);
+}
+
 export function setCacheHitOutput(isCacheHit: boolean): void {
     core.setOutput(Outputs.CacheHit, isCacheHit.toString());
 }
 
+export function setOutputAndState(key: string, cacheKey?: string): void {
+    setCacheHitOutput(isExactKeyMatch(key, cacheKey));
+    // Store the matched cache key if it exists
+    cacheKey && setCacheState(cacheKey);
+}
+
+export function getCacheState(): string | undefined {
+    const cacheKey = core.getState(State.CacheMatchedKey);
+    if (cacheKey) {
+        core.debug(`Cache state/key: ${cacheKey}`);
+        return cacheKey;
+    }
+
+    return undefined;
+}
+
 export function logWarning(message: string): void {
     const warningPrefix = "[warning]";
     core.info(`${warningPrefix}${message}`);

tips-and-workarounds.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ A cache today is immutable and cannot be updated. But some use cases require the
           restore-keys: |
             primes-${{ runner.os }}
   ```          
-  Please note that this will create a new cache on every run and hence will consume the cache [quota](#cache-limits).
+  Please note that this will create a new cache on every run and hence will consume the cache [quota](./README.md#cache-limits).
   
 ## Use cache across feature branches
 Reusing cache across feature branches is not allowed today to provide cache [isolation](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows#restrictions-for-accessing-a-cache). However if both feature branches are from the default branch, a good way to achieve this is to ensure that the default branch has a cache. This cache will then be consumable by both feature branches.