delete-cache-by-key

This GitHub Action deletes a GitHub Action cache with the provided key.

Example

on:
  push:
name: Delete cache that starts with 'build-cache-'
permissions:
  actions: write ## Important, action can't delete cache without permission
jobs:
  delete-cache:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Delete cache
    steps:
      - name: Delete 'build-cache-' cache
        uses: DareFox/delete-cache-by-key@v1
        with:
          key: build-cache- 
          attempts: 3
          mode: startsWith

Inputs

key

Required. Key of the cache.

mode

Required. Mode of searching cache.

Valid values:

exact

Finds cache with the exact same key. For example:

If the key is mycachekey and there are caches named mycachekey and mycachekey-somethingsomething, in exact mode, the action will delete mycachekey but not mycachekey-somethingsomething.

startsWith

Finds cache that starts with this key. For example:

If the key is mycachekey and there are caches named mycachekey and mycachekey-somethingsomething, in startsWith mode, the action will delete both mycachekey and mycachekey-somethingsomething because they share an identical prefix.

attempts

How many tries should the action take before throwing an error.

Default: 1

delay

Delay in ms between trying again.

Default: 2000

token

GITHUB_TOKEN to use for this action.

Default: auto-generated GITHUB_TOKEN for the workflow.