Merge 6f561038c8 into 883490dfd0

Improve documentation regarding dependencies caching

.github/workflows/windows-validation.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         cache: [false, true]
-        go: [1.20.1]
+        go: [1.21.0]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
             echo 'which go should return "/c/hostedtoolcache/windows/go/${{ matrix.go }}/x64/bin/go"'
             exit 1
           fi
-          if [ $(go env GOROOT) != 'C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\go\${{ matrix.go }}\x64' ];then 
+          if [ $(go env GOROOT) != 'C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\go\${{ matrix.go }}\x64' ];then
             echo 'go env GOROOT should return "C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\go\${{ matrix.go }}\x64"'
             exit 1
           fi

README.md

@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ steps:
 > **Note**: Due to the peculiarities of YAML parsing, it is recommended to wrap the version in single quotation marks:
 > 
 > ```yaml
->   go-version: '1.20'
+>   go-version: '1.21'
 >  ```
 >  
-> The recommendation is based on the YAML parser's behavior, which interprets non-wrapped values as numbers and, in the case of version 1.20, trims it down to 1.2, which may not be very obvious.
+> The recommendation is based on the YAML parser's behavior, which interprets non-wrapped values as numbers and, in the case of version 1.21, trims it down to 1.2, which may not be very obvious.
 Matching an unstable pre-release:
 
 ```yaml
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ The `cache` input is optional, and caching is turned on by default.
 
 The action defaults to search for the dependency file - go.sum in the repository root, and uses its hash as a part of
 the cache key. Use `cache-dependency-path` input for cases when multiple dependency files are used, or they are located
-in different subdirectories.
+in different subdirectories. The input supports glob patterns.
 
 If some problem that prevents success caching happens then the action issues the warning in the log and continues the execution of the pipeline. 
 
@@ -172,7 +172,11 @@ steps:
     with:
       go-version: '1.17'
       check-latest: true
-      cache-dependency-path: subdir/go.sum
+      cache-dependency-path: |
+             subdir/go.sum 
+             tools/go.sum   
+    # cache-dependency-path: "**/*.sum"
+
   - run: go run hello.go
   ```