First version of a Golang version of command handling in general.

.github/workflows/pull_request.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: Pull Request
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  integrate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version-file: "go.mod"
+
+      - name: Build and test
+        run: |
+          go build -v ./...
+          go test -v ./...
+
+      - name: Lint
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
+        with:
+          version: v1.52.2

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+src/cmd/apt_query/apt_query*

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{  
+  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "configurations": [    
+    {
+      "name": "Launch Package",
+      "type": "go",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "mode": "auto",
+      "program": "${fileDirname}",
+    }
+  ]
+}

README.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 This action allows caching of Advanced Package Tool (APT) package dependencies to improve workflow execution time instead of installing the packages on every run.
 
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> Looking for co-maintainers to help review changes, and investigate issues. I haven't had as much time to stay on top of this action as I would like to and want to make sure it is still responsive and reliable for the community. If you are interested, please reach out.
+
 ## Documentation
 
 This action is a composition of [actions/cache](https://github.com/actions/cache/) and the `apt` utility. Some actions require additional APT based packages to be installed in order for other steps to be executed. Packages can be installed when ran but can consume much of the execution workflow time.
@@ -20,24 +23,24 @@ Create a workflow `.yml` file in your repositories `.github/workflows` directory
 
 There are three kinds of version labels you can use.
 
-* `@latest` - This will give you the latest release.
-* `@v#` - Major only will give you the latest release for that major version only (e.g. `v1`).
-* Branch
-  * `@master` - Most recent manual and automated tested code. Possibly unstable since it is pre-release.
-  * `@staging` - Most recent automated tested code and can sometimes contain experimental features. Is pulled from dev stable code.
-  * `@dev` - Very unstable and contains experimental features. Automated testing may not show breaks since CI is also updated based on code in dev.
+- `@latest` - This will give you the latest release.
+- `@v#` - Major only will give you the latest release for that major version only (e.g. `v1`).
+- Branch
+  - `@master` - Most recent manual and automated tested code. Possibly unstable since it is pre-release.
+  - `@staging` - Most recent automated tested code and can sometimes contain experimental features. Is pulled from dev stable code.
+  - `@dev` - Very unstable and contains experimental features. Automated testing may not show breaks since CI is also updated based on code in dev.
 
 ### Inputs
 
-* `packages` - Space delimited list of packages to install.
-* `version` - Version of cache to load. Each version will have its own cache. Note, all characters except spaces are allowed.
-* `execute_install_scripts` - Execute Debian package pre and post install script upon restore. See [Caveats / Non-file Dependencies](#non-file-dependencies) for more information.
+- `packages` - Space delimited list of packages to install.
+- `version` - Version of cache to load. Each version will have its own cache. Note, all characters except spaces are allowed.
+- `execute_install_scripts` - Execute Debian package pre and post install script upon restore. See [Caveats / Non-file Dependencies](#non-file-dependencies) for more information.
 
 ### Outputs
 
-* `cache-hit` - A boolean value to indicate a cache was found for the packages requested.
-* `package-version-list` - The main requested packages and versions that are installed. Represented as a comma delimited list with equals delimit on the package version (i.e. \<package1>=<version1\>,\<package2>=\<version2>,...).
-* `all-package-version-list` - All the pulled in packages and versions, including dependencies, that are installed. Represented as a comma delimited list with equals delimit on the package version (i.e. \<package1>=<version1\>,\<package2>=\<version2>,...).
+- `cache-hit` - A boolean value to indicate a cache was found for the packages requested.
+- `package-version-list` - The main requested packages and versions that are installed. Represented as a comma delimited list with equals delimit on the package version (i.e. \<package1>=<version1\>,\<package2>=\<version2>,...).
+- `all-package-version-list` - All the pulled in packages and versions, including dependencies, that are installed. Represented as a comma delimited list with equals delimit on the package version (i.e. \<package1>=<version1\>,\<package2>=\<version2>,...).
 
 ### Cache scopes
 
@@ -51,7 +54,6 @@ This was a motivating use case for creating this action.
 name: Create Documentation
 on: push
 jobs:
-
   build_and_deploy_docs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Build Doxygen documentation and deploy
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
           packages: dia doxygen doxygen-doc doxygen-gui doxygen-latex graphviz mscgen
           version: 1.0
 
-      - name: Build        
+      - name: Build
         run: |
           cmake -B ${{github.workspace}}/build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{env.BUILD_TYPE}}      
           cmake --build ${{github.workspace}}/build --config ${{env.BUILD_TYPE}}
@@ -75,15 +77,16 @@ jobs:
 ```
 
 ```yaml
-...
-  install_doxygen_deps:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest    
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
-        with:
-          packages: dia doxygen doxygen-doc doxygen-gui doxygen-latex graphviz mscgen
-          version: 1.0
+
+---
+install_doxygen_deps:
+  runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
+      with:
+        packages: dia doxygen doxygen-doc doxygen-gui doxygen-latex graphviz mscgen
+        version: 1.0
 ```
 
 ## Caveats
@@ -92,8 +95,8 @@ jobs:
 
 This action is based on the principle that most packages can be cached as a fileset. There are situations though where this is not enough.
 
-* Pre and post installation scripts needs to be ran from `/var/lib/dpkg/info/{package name}.[preinst, postinst]`.
-* The Debian package database needs to be queried for scripts above (i.e. `dpkg-query`).
+- Pre and post installation scripts needs to be ran from `/var/lib/dpkg/info/{package name}.[preinst, postinst]`.
+- The Debian package database needs to be queried for scripts above (i.e. `dpkg-query`).
 
 The `execute_install_scripts` argument can be used to attempt to execute the install scripts but they are no guaranteed to resolve the issue.
 
@@ -118,4 +121,4 @@ For more context and information see [issue #57](https://github.com/awalsh128/ca
 
 ### Cache Limits
 
-A repository can have up to 5GB of caches. Once the 5GB limit is reached, older caches will be evicted based on when the cache was last accessed.  Caches that are not accessed within the last week will also be evicted.
+A repository can have up to 5GB of caches. Once the 5GB limit is reached, older caches will be evicted based on when the cache was last accessed. Caches that are not accessed within the last week will also be evicted. To get more information on how to access and manage your actions's caches, see [GitHub Actions / Using workflows / Cache dependencies](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows#viewing-cache-entries).

action.yml

@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ runs:
          DEBUG: "${{ inputs.debug }}"
          PACKAGES: "${{ inputs.packages }}"
 
+    - id: upload-logs
+      if: ${{ inputs.debug == 'true' }}
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: cache-apt-pkgs-logs_${{ env.CACHE_KEY }}
+        path: ~/cache-apt-pkgs/*.log
+
     - id: save-cache
       if: ${{ ! steps.load-cache.outputs.cache-hit }}
       uses: actions/cache/save@v3
@@ -94,10 +101,3 @@ runs:
       run: |
         rm -rf ~/cache-apt-pkgs
       shell: bash
-
-    - id: upload-logs
-      if: ${{ inputs.debug == 'true' }}
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-      with:
-        name: cache-apt-pkgs-logs_${{ env.CACHE_KEY }}
-        path: ~/cache-apt-pkgs/*.log

go.mod

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module awalsh128.com/cache-apt-pkgs-action
+
+go 1.20

install_and_cache_pkgs.sh

@@ -18,28 +18,6 @@ cache_dir="${1}"
 # List of the packages to use.
 input_packages="${@:3}"
 
-# Trim commas, excess spaces, sort, and version syntax.
-#
-# NOTE: Unless specified, all APT package listings of name and version use
-# colon delimited and not equals delimited syntax (i.e. <name>[:=]<ver>).
-packages="$(get_normalized_package_list "${input_packages}")"
-
-package_count=$(wc -w <<< "${packages}")
-log "Clean installing and caching ${package_count} package(s)."
-
-log_empty_line
-
-manifest_main=""
-log "Package list:"
-for package in ${packages}; do
-  read package_name package_ver < <(get_package_name_ver "${package}")
-  manifest_main="${manifest_main}${package_name}=${package_ver},"  
-  log "- ${package_name} (${package_ver})"
-done
-write_manifest "main" "${manifest_main}" "${cache_dir}/manifest_main.log"
-
-log_empty_line
-
 if ! apt-fast --version > /dev/null 2>&1; then
   log "Installing apt-fast for optimized installs..."
   # Install apt-fast for optimized installs.
@@ -59,6 +37,22 @@ fi
 
 log_empty_line
 
+packages="$(get_normalized_package_list "${input_packages}")"
+package_count=$(wc -w <<< "${packages}")
+log "Clean installing and caching ${package_count} package(s)."
+
+log_empty_line
+
+manifest_main=""
+log "Package list:"
+for package in ${packages}; do
+  manifest_main="${manifest_main}${package},"
+  log "- ${package}"
+done
+write_manifest "main" "${manifest_main}" "${cache_dir}/manifest_main.log"
+
+log_empty_line
+
 # Strictly contains the requested packages.
 manifest_main=""
 # Contains all packages including dependencies.
@@ -98,7 +92,8 @@ for installed_package in ${installed_packages}; do
       & get_install_script_filepath "" "${package_name}" "preinst" \
       & get_install_script_filepath "" "${package_name}" "postinst"; } |
       while IFS= read -r f; do test -f "${f}" -o -L "${f}" && get_tar_relpath "${f}"; done |
-      xargs -I {} echo \'{}\' | # Single quotes ensure literals like backslash get captured.
+      # Single quotes ensure literals like backslash get captured. Use \0 to avoid field separation.   
+      awk -F"\0" '{print "\x27"$1"\x27"}' |
       sudo xargs tar -cf "${cache_filepath}" -C /
 
     log "    done (compressed size $(du -h "${cache_filepath}" | cut -f1))."

lib.sh

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function get_installed_packages {
 ###############################################################################
 # Splits a fully action syntax APT package into the name and version.
 # Arguments:
-#   The action syntax colon delimited package pair or just the package name.
+#   The action syntax equals delimited package pair or just the package name.
 # Returns:
 #   The package name and version pair.
 ###############################################################################
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ function get_package_name_ver {
   IFS="${ORIG_IFS}"
   # If version not found in the fully qualified package value.
   if test -z "${ver}"; then
-    ver="$(grep "Version:" <<< "$(apt-cache show ${name})" | awk '{print $2}')"
+    # This is a fallback and should not be used any more as its slow.
+    log_err "Unexpected version resolution for package '${name}'"
+    ver="$(apt-cache show ${name} | grep '^Version:' | awk '{print $2}')"
   fi
   echo "${name}" "${ver}"  
 }
@@ -91,16 +93,17 @@ function get_package_name_ver {
 # Arguments:
 #   The comma and/or space delimited list of packages.
 # Returns:
-#   Sorted list of space delimited packages.
+#   Sorted list of space delimited package name=version pairs.
 ###############################################################################
 function get_normalized_package_list {
-  # Remove commas, and block scalar folded backslashes.
-  local stripped=$(echo "${1}" | sed 's/[,\]/ /g')
-  # Remove extraneous spaces at the middle, beginning, and end.
-  local trimmed="$(\
-    echo "${stripped}" \
-    | sed 's/\s\+/ /g; s/^\s\+//g; s/\s\+$//g')"
-  echo ${trimmed} | tr ' ' '\n' | sort | tr '\n' ' '
+  # Remove commas, and block scalar folded backslashes,
+  # extraneous spaces at the middle, beginning and end
+  # then sort.
+  local packages=$(echo "${1}" \
+    | sed 's/[,\]/ /g; s/\s\+/ /g; s/^\s\+//g; s/\s\+$//g' \
+    | sort -t' ')
+  local script_dir="$(dirname -- "$(realpath -- "${0}")")"
+  ${script_dir}/apt_query normalized-list ${packages}
 }
 
 ###############################################################################
@@ -120,8 +123,8 @@ function get_tar_relpath {
   fi
 }
 
-function log { echo "$(date +%H:%M:%S)" "${@}"; }
-function log_err { >&2 echo "$(date +%H:%M:%S)" "${@}"; }
+function log { echo "$(date +%T.%3N)" "${@}"; }
+function log_err { >&2 echo "$(date +%T.%3N)" "${@}"; }
 
 function log_empty_line { echo ""; }
 

pre_cache_action.sh

@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ debug="${4}"
 input_packages="${@:5}"
 
 # Trim commas, excess spaces, and sort.
+log "Normalizing package list..."
 packages="$(get_normalized_package_list "${input_packages}")"
+log "done"
 
 # Create cache directory so artifacts can be saved.
 mkdir -p ${cache_dir}
@@ -53,35 +55,16 @@ log "done"
 
 log_empty_line
 
-versioned_packages=""
-log "Verifying packages..."
-for package in ${packages}; do  
-  if test ! "$(apt-cache show ${package})"; then
-    echo "aborted"
-    log "Package '${package}' not found." >&2
-    exit 5
-  fi
-  read package_name package_ver < <(get_package_name_ver "${package}")
-  versioned_packages=""${versioned_packages}" "${package_name}"="${package_ver}""
-done
-log "done"
-
-log_empty_line
-
 # Abort on any failure at this point.
 set -e
 
 log "Creating cache key..."
 
-# TODO Can we prove this will happen again?
-normalized_versioned_packages="$(get_normalized_package_list "${versioned_packages}")"
-log "- Normalized package list is '${normalized_versioned_packages}'."
-
 # Forces an update in cases where an accidental breaking change was introduced
 # and a global cache reset is required.
 force_update_inc="1"
 
-value="${normalized_versioned_packages} @ ${version} ${force_update_inc}"
+value="${packages} @ ${version} ${force_update_inc}"
 log "- Value to hash is '${value}'."
 
 key="$(echo "${value}" | md5sum | cut -f1 -d' ')"