From 8243a7b4b4a730e1d0c6ba40e41bf5880912eec4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Kilmer <eric.d.kilmer@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 09:26:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix ccache for Windows in GitHub Actions

- Add TrackFileAccess=false to CMAKE_VS_GLOBALS in ccache-msvc.cmake
  to prevent MSBuild from tracking ccache files as build outputs
- Move Windows ccache directory to %TEMP% to avoid Visual Studio's
  file tracking triggering unnecessary rebuilds
- Update cache action path to use platform-specific locations

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .github/workflows/main.yml | 14 ++++++++------
 cmake/ccache-msvc.cmake    |  1 +
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 3543c7a..d51a61b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Update the cache (ccache)
       uses: actions/cache@v5
       with:
-        path: "${{ github.workspace }}/ccache"
+        path: ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' && env.TEMP || github.workspace }}/ccache
         key: ${{ env.CACHE_KEY }}_ccache_${{ env.CACHE_TIMESTAMP }}
         restore-keys: |
           ${{ env.CACHE_KEY }}_ccache_
@@ -80,14 +80,16 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ccache")
         file(APPEND "$ENV{GITHUB_ENV}" "CCACHE_BASEDIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}\n")
-        file(APPEND "$ENV{GITHUB_ENV}" "CCACHE_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ccache\n")
+        if(WIN32)
+          file(APPEND "$ENV{GITHUB_ENV}" "CCACHE_DIR=$ENV{TEMP}/ccache\n")
+        else()
+          file(APPEND "$ENV{GITHUB_ENV}" "CCACHE_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ccache\n")
+        endif()
         file(APPEND "$ENV{GITHUB_ENV}" "CCACHE_COMPRESS=true\n")
-        # Trial and error to get all files in here
         file(APPEND "$ENV{GITHUB_ENV}" "CCACHE_COMPRESSLEVEL=10\n")
-        # This should be multiplied by the number of compilation jobs and be no
-        # larger than 5G, which is the cache max size
         file(APPEND "$ENV{GITHUB_ENV}" "CCACHE_MAXSIZE=400M\n")
-        # Tell CMake to use ccache
+        # These only work for Ninja/Makefiles, not VS generators
+        # But harmless to set for all platforms
         file(APPEND "$ENV{GITHUB_ENV}" "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache\n")
         file(APPEND "$ENV{GITHUB_ENV}" "CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache\n")
         # Clear stats before every build
diff --git a/cmake/ccache-msvc.cmake b/cmake/ccache-msvc.cmake
index 3c9d671..fd3c5ea 100644
--- a/cmake/ccache-msvc.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ccache-msvc.cmake
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ set(CMAKE_MSVC_DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT "$<$<CONFIG:Debug,RelWithDebInfo>:Embedd
 set(CMAKE_VS_GLOBALS
     "CLToolExe=cl.exe"
     "CLToolPath=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
+    "TrackFileAccess=false"
     "UseMultiToolTask=true"
     "DebugInformationFormat=OldStyle"
     )