mattes / cached-docker-build-action

Store and retrieve docker images from Github Cache.

Cached Docker Build

This Github Action caches docker builds using the official actions/cache library.

Github Action Inputs

Variable	Description
args	Required Arguments passed to docker build command
cache_key	Required Key used for caching

Example Usage

uses: mattes/cached-docker-build-action@v1
with:
  args: "--pull --file Dockerfile --tag my-image:tag ."
  cache_key: "${{ hashFiles('**/lockfiles') }}"

Future work

• Implement expires flag, blocked by Clear cache #2.

cached-docker-build-action's Issues

Wait for actions in actions to be available

Currently we can't use the action/cache step in our composite action because it's not yet supported.

Ref: actions/runner#646
Ref: actions/runner#612