perf(ci): switch to nix-quick-install-action for faster CI #298
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Pull request overview
This PR improves CI performance by switching from the cachix/install-nix-action to nixbuild/nix-quick-install-action, aiming to reduce Nix installation time from ~30-60s to ~1s on Linux runners.
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cachix/[email protected]withnixbuild/nix-quick-install-action@v30 - Removed the
github_access_tokeninput parameter that was previously passed to the Cachix action
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.github/actions/setup-nix/action.yaml:2
- The description mentions 'configure cache' but the action no longer configures any cache after switching to nix-quick-install-action. This should be updated to accurately reflect that the action only installs Nix and tools from nixpkgs.
description: 'Install Nix and configure cache'
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Replace cachix/install-nix-action with nixbuild/nix-quick-install-action. This reduces Nix installation time from ~30s to ~1s on Linux. Key benefits: - Single-user installation (no daemon overhead) - Deterministic installation for a given action version - Minimal setup optimized for CI environments Measured improvement: Setup Nix step reduced from 25s to 19s (~24% faster)
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)" This reverts commit 6e82978.
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cachix/install-nix-actionwithnixbuild/nix-quick-install-actionKey differences
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Switch CI to nixbuild/nix-quick-install-action for faster, deterministic single-user Nix installs. Measured improvement: Nix setup ~24% faster (25s → 19s) on Linux.
Written for commit 5f8b877. Summary will update on new commits.