Hands-on GitHub Actions: Implement CI/CD with GitHub Action Workflows for Your Applications

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C. Chandrasekara, P. HerathHands-on GitHub Actionshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6464-5_5

5. Artifacts and Caching Dependencies

Chaminda Chandrasekara¹   and Pushpa Herath²

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Dedigamuwa, Sri Lanka

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Hanguranketha, Sri Lanka

 

Artifacts in GitHub Actions pass data to a subsequent job or store data or compiled binaries once the workflow is completed. Persisted data in one job can be passed to another subsequent job, which may be running on a different operating system. This is an advantage of using artifacts. The retention period of artifacts in GitHub Actions workflows in 90 days by default; however, you have the option to change these settings, which is ...