Support env setting of AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY as in the setup-python action
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Description
Description:
as in setup python
if (IS_MAC) {
process.env['AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY'] = '/Users/runner/hostedtoolcache';
}
if (process.env.AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY?.trim()) {
process.env['RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE'] = process.env['AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY'];
}
core.debug(
`Python is expected to be installed into ${process.env['RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE']}`
);
setup-node should read the AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY environment variable and if it exists, sets the RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE variable equal to it
A GitHub support agent said:
I was able to get this to work by forking actions/setup-node and copying the same implementation on actions/setup-python to allow support for AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY on my fork - essentially just throwing in those few lines where the run function is defined here.
Justification:
Other actions already support this declaration and we need to use it to populate a caching system we are building to avoid hitting GitHub.com so often to install programming languages.
Are you willing to submit a PR?
possibly, I will need to check schedule with our engineering team.
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Research direction
Start in src/main.ts and compare its run entry point with the linked setup-python implementation. Done means a non-empty AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY value is recognized so that RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE uses the same directory, with the behavior checked against the repository's existing validation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- github-actions, node.js, typescript
- Domain
- ci-cd, devops
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100