Question: What's the magic behind fast installs provided by actions/setup-x?
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Hi
I'm building a private github action to install a dev cli tool built in house.
We're currently just downloading it from s3 and are getting decent speeds (10s~ install times).
But I've noticed actions like actions/setup-python actions/setup-node hashicorp/setup-terraform are blazing fast, less than a second.
Are there any docs anyone could point me to, to understand how those actions yield such speeds?
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The issue names actions/setup-python, actions/setup-node, and hashicorp/setup-terraform but no repository file, test, or entry point. Start by reviewing documentation for those actions and their installation paths; done would require an agreed documentation change explaining the speed difference, which the issue does not define.
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