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@@ -28,11 +28,23 @@ API | | *Other* | | Don't add the default directories. The action sets the PATH environment variable. -Note that even if you call it with `default: 0` and don't specify any `dirs`, + +Notes +----- + +* Even if you call the action with `default: 0` and don't specify any `dirs`, it might not clear your PATH completely. -Actions like `setup-python`, etc. have a way to propagate their values to PATH -regardless. +Actions like `setup-python`, etc. seem to have a way to propagate their values +to PATH regardless. Also, your `shell` selection matters. +* v1 of this action is a simple composite action with the same API. +At some point, it turned out that restoring PATH value might be desirable in +the action's `post` stage. +In particular, the GitHub-provided `cache` action wasn't able to find the `tar` +executable on windows-2016 images (windows-2019 images have it built-in under +C:\Windows). +Composite actions don't support having the `post` stage, so it became a +JavaScript action. License ------- |