New option to create `path`

[szepeviktor]

Currently mkdir -p $cache_path should be issued to create directory specified in path. cache does not create the path directory if it doesn't exist. https://github.com/szepeviktor/Valinor/runs/7272413993?check_suite_focus=true

Please consider adding a "create_directory": true option to create directory specified in path. Thank you!!

[kotewar]

Hey @szepeviktor 👋🏽 The directory creation should happen at build time, and should be created by the build program itself. Can you please specify why you would want a new directory to be specifically created?

[kotewar]

@szepeviktor, would you like to share the use case for this suggestion so that we can prioritise it?

[szepeviktor]

@kotewar On the very first run the cache is empty and many tools do not autocreate directories, mainly sub-subdirectories. And these tools are failing because of the non-existent directory structure.

[kotewar]

Thanks for bringing this up @szepeviktor.

Can you please share these tools as well so that we can use the same for testing the behaviour and make the necessary fixes?

[szepeviktor]

Okay. I respond within a day.

[szepeviktor]

https://github.com/CuyZ/Valinor/blob/master/infection.json.dist#L8 Using a non-existent temporary directory for infection/infection causes an error.

So one needs to issue mkdir -p var/cache before actions/cache

[kotewar]

How about using shell:bash to do this job for you?

Currently we haven't received much requests in this area, but this can be achieved using custom shell commands to achieve this folder creation.

[szepeviktor]

Thank you. I'm into solutions, not work-arounds.

[fquinner]

Vcpkg does this too with its binary cache. Will only use an existing directory.

VCPKG_DEFAULT_BINARY_CACHE

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