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Fix pub cache invalidation when lockfile changes #6

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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions README.md
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One composite action for the three-step block every Flutter CI job repeats:
install Flutter, restore the pub cache, run `flutter pub get`. Wraps
[subosito/flutter-action](https://github.com/subosito/flutter-action) and
[actions/cache](https://github.com/actions/cache), with both caches keyed on
`pubspec.yaml`.
[actions/cache](https://github.com/actions/cache). The Flutter SDK cache is keyed
on `pubspec.yaml`, while the pub package cache is keyed on both `pubspec.yaml`
and `pubspec.lock`.

## Usage

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name: Setup Flutter with pub cache
description: Install Flutter, restore the pub cache keyed on pubspec.yaml, and run flutter pub get, as a single step.
description: Install Flutter, restore the pub cache keyed on pubspec.yaml and pubspec.lock, and run flutter pub get, as a single step.
branding:
icon: download
color: blue
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# instead misses the real cache directory on Windows runners, where
# Flutter writes pub packages to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Pub\Cache by default.
path: ${{ env.PUB_CACHE }}
key: ${{ runner.os }}-pub-${{ hashFiles('pubspec.yaml') }}
key: ${{ runner.os }}-pub-${{ hashFiles('pubspec.yaml', 'pubspec.lock') }}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
set -eu

printf '%s\n' '--- action.yml relevant lines ---'
cat -n action.yml | sed -n '1,70p'

printf '%s\n' '--- related cache and lockfile references ---'
rg -n -C 3 'restore-keys|hashFiles|pubspec\.lock|pubspec\.yaml|cache' --glob '!node_modules/**' --glob '!dist/**' .

Repository: Project516/setup-flutter

Length of output: 5172

🌐 Web query:

GitHub actions/cache restore-keys primary key miss prefix matching most recently created cache official documentation

💡 Result:

In GitHub Actions, when a primary cache key results in a miss, the actions/cache (and actions/cache/restore) action uses restore-keys to find a fallback cache [1][2]. The process follows these rules for handling cache misses and prefix matching: 1. Primary Key Search: The action first attempts to find an exact match for the provided key [1][3]. 2. Restore-Keys Sequential Search: If the primary key is not found, the action proceeds to search the restore-keys list in the order they are provided [1]. 3. Prefix Matching: For each entry in restore-keys, the action searches for any existing cache keys that start with that specific restore-key string [1][4]. 4. Most Recently Created: If multiple caches match a given restore-key prefix, the action selects the most recently created cache to restore [1]. If no matches are found after checking all provided restore-keys, the action concludes with a cache miss (no files are restored) [1]. When a cache is successfully restored via a partial match from restore-keys (rather than an exact match of the primary key), the cache-hit output will be set to false [5][2][3]. This mechanism is designed to allow your workflow to benefit from partially matching, stale caches—saving time by requiring fewer dependency updates—when an exact, up-to-date cache is unavailable [6][4].

Citations:

🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
set -eu

python3 - <<'PY'
import re
from pathlib import Path

text = Path("action.yml").read_text()
key = re.search(r"^\s*key:\s*\$\{\{\s*runner\.os\s*\}\}-pub-\$\{\{\s*hashFiles\('pubspec\.yaml',\s*'pubspec\.lock'\)\s*\}\}", text, re.M)
restore = re.search(r"^\s*restore-keys:\s*\n\s+\$\{\{\s*runner\.os\s*\}\}-pub-", text, re.M)

assert key, "lockfile-based primary key not found"
assert restore, "broad restore key not found"

primary_old = "Linux-pub-old-lock-hash"
primary_new = "Linux-pub-new-lock-hash"
prefix = "Linux-pub-"

assert primary_old.startswith(prefix)
assert primary_new.startswith(prefix)
print("primary key includes both pubspec.yaml and pubspec.lock")
print(f"old key matches restore prefix: {primary_old.startswith(prefix)}")
print(f"new key matches restore prefix: {primary_new.startswith(prefix)}")
print("a primary-key miss can therefore select an older key through the configured prefix fallback")
PY

Repository: Project516/setup-flutter

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Remove the broad restore key to enforce lockfile invalidation.

When pubspec.lock changes, the primary key misses. The ${{ runner.os }}-pub- fallback can restore a cache created with an older lockfile hash. Remove restore-keys to enforce strict lockfile invalidation.

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In `@action.yml` at line 39, Remove the restore-keys configuration associated with
the pub cache so cache restoration relies solely on the lockfile-hashed key in
the pub cache step. Keep the existing primary key using runner.os and hashFiles
for pubspec.yaml and pubspec.lock unchanged.

Source: MCP tools

restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-pub-

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