Topic: How to run github workflows in forked repository?

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palino
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 Posted at: Today 21:54 UTC+2.0

Hello

I want to test my development branch in forked github repository, using all compilers and environments like master branch in official repo. I updated my branch, so that github workflows are active: https://github.com/gpalino/widelands/commit/97100782806d8edb45a3216fc986ea39fe3727a0

All is working except windows-msvc jobs:

Run actions/cache/restore@v4
Error: Failed to restore cache entry. Exiting as fail-on-cache-miss is set. Input key: vcpkg_ref-invalid-to-use-latest

e.g. here: https://github.com/gpalino/widelands/actions/runs/18466384675/job/52609569462

I see comment here https://github.com/widelands/widelands/blob/460eb73bf542bcbd57687f59bdb868cac5aab604/.github/workflows/build_windows_msvc.yaml#L27-L28

but what can I do to have msvc jobs running correctly?

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tothxa
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 Posted at: Today 22:55 UTC+2.0

You have to set a repo actions variable called VCPKG_REF. The initial value can be any non-empty string. Then run the vcpkg update workflow manually, and if the build succeeds, it will both cache the build deps and set the variable for you.

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