Blacksmith Cache

The Blacksmith cache is a drop-in replacement for GitHub’s cache action. Migrating from the actions/cache to the Blacksmith cache is a one line change. Simply replace the actions/cache@v3 line in your workflow files with useblacksmith/cache@v5.

    name: Cache Cargo dependencies
-    uses: actions/cache@v3
+    uses: useblacksmith/cache@v5
    with:
      path: |
        ~/.cargo/registry
        ~/.cargo/git
        target
      key: ${{ matrix.rust }}-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
      restore-keys: |
        ${{ runner.labels }}-rust-${{ matrix.rust }}-

If you’re using actions/cache/save and actions/cache/restore, you can migrate them to useblacksmith/cache/save and useblacksmith/cache/restore respectively.

For more information refer to the official documentation, since the Blacksmith cache is fully compatible with GitHub’s cache.

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Language specific cache actions

In addition to the useblacksmith/cache, Blacksmith also provides drop-in replacements for GitHub’s offical actions/setup-* actions. These replacements have the same semantics as the official setup actions, but they are backed by Blacksmith’s much faster and more reliable cache.

        name: Setup go
-       uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+       uses: useblacksmith/setup-go@v6
        with:
          go-version: '>=1.17.0'

Please refer to the README of each setup action for detailed instructions on how to configure them. For languages that we don’t have a setup action for, you can still leverage the useblacksmith/cache action to cache dependencies by following these guidelines.

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Popular language cache actions

Some languages have popular cache actions that are not maintained by GitHub. Blacksmith offers drop-in replacements for these actions too so that you can leverage our superior cache.

• Rust
• Gradle
• Zig

        name: Setup rust cache
-       uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+       uses: useblacksmith/rust-cache@v3