From 0f2ed1e291cf6f82446c349c6435645b173bb1d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jimmy Yuen Ho Wong <wyuenho@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2023 16:35:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] try passing input from one job to another

---
 .github/workflows/compile.yml | 17 +++++++++++------
 .github/workflows/setup.yml   | 10 ++++++++++
 .github/workflows/test.yml    | 24 ++++++++++++++----------
 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/compile.yml b/.github/workflows/compile.yml
index 04e79d3..9eadea4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compile.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compile.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@ on:
     inputs:
       emacs-version:
         required: true
-        type: string
+        type: "string"
+      cache-key:
+        required: true
+        type: "string"
+      cache-path:
+        required: true
+        type: "string"
 
 jobs:
   compile:
@@ -13,12 +19,11 @@ jobs:
       - uses: "actions/checkout@v3"
 
       - uses: "actions/cache/restore@v3"
-        id: emacs-cask-cache
+        id: "emacs-cask-cache"
         with:
-          path: |
-            /nix
-            ~/.emacs.d
-          key: "emacs-${{ inputs.emacs-version }}-cask-${{ hashFiles('Cask') }}"
+          path: "${{ inputs.cache-path }}"
+          key: "${{ inputs.cache-key }}"
+          fail-on-cache-miss: true
 
       - run: |
           make compile
diff --git a/.github/workflows/setup.yml b/.github/workflows/setup.yml
index 3b86000..d5cc20d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/setup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/setup.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   set_up:
+    outputs:
+      cache-path: "${{ steps.emacs-cask-cache.outputs.cache-path }}"
+      cache-key: "${{ steps.emacs-cask-cache.outputs.cache-key }}"
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     continue-on-error: "${{ matrix.experimental }}"
     strategy:
@@ -42,6 +45,9 @@ jobs:
             ~/.cask
             ~/.emacs.d
           key: "emacs-${{ matrix.emacs-version }}-cask-${{ hashFiles('Cask') }}"
+        run: |
+          echo "cache-path=$INPUT_PATH" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "cache-key=$INPUT_KEY" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - if: ${{ steps.emacs-cask-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
         uses: "purcell/setup-emacs@master"
@@ -58,9 +64,13 @@ jobs:
     uses: "./.github/workflows/compile.yml"
     with:
       emacs-version: "${{ matrix.emacs-version }}"
+      cache-key: "${{ jobs.set_up.outputs.cache.key }}"
+      cache-path: "${{ jobs.set_up.outputs.cache.path }}"
 
   test:
     needs: "set_up"
     uses: "./.github/workflows/test.yml"
     with:
       emacs-version: "${{ matrix.emacs-version }}"
+      cache-key: "${{ jobs.set_up.outputs.cache.key }}"
+      cache-path: "${{ jobs.set_up.outputs.cache.path }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index ca3f8aa..547c745 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -4,21 +4,26 @@ on:
     inputs:
       emacs-version:
         required: true
-        type: string
+        type: "string"
+      cache-key:
+        required: true
+        type: "string"
+      cache-path:
+        required: true
+        type: "string"
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     steps:
       - uses: "actions/checkout@v3"
 
       - uses: "actions/cache/restore@v3"
-        id: emacs-cask-cache
+        id: "emacs-cask-cache"
         with:
-          path: |
-            /nix
-            ~/.emacs.d
-          key: "emacs-${{ inputs.emacs-version }}-cask-${{ hashFiles('Cask') }}"
+          path: "${{ inputs.cache-path }}"
+          key: "${{ inputs.cache-key }}"
+          fail-on-cache-miss: true
 
       - uses: "actions/setup-go@v4"
         with:
@@ -26,9 +31,8 @@ jobs:
           check-latest: true
           cache: false
 
-      - name: "Install packages"
+      - id: "install-tomljson"
         run: |
           go install github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2/cmd/tomljson@latest
-      - name: "Run tests"
-        run: |
+      - run: |
           make test