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Fixup links, add an acknowledgement to Zhaofeng.
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Save 30-50%+ of CI time without any effort or cost. Save 30-50%+ of CI time without any effort or cost.
Use Magic Nix Cache, a totally free and zero-configuration binary cache for Nix on GitHub Actions. Use Magic Nix Cache, a totally free and zero-configuration binary cache for Nix on GitHub Actions.
Add our [GitHub Action][action] after installing Nix, in your workflow, like this:
```yaml
- uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@main
```
See [Usage](#usage) for a detailed example.
## Why use the Magic Nix Cache?
Magic Nix Cache uses the GitHub Actions [built-in cache][ghacache] to share builds between Workflow runs, and has many advantages over alternatives. Magic Nix Cache uses the GitHub Actions [built-in cache][ghacache] to share builds between Workflow runs, and has many advantages over alternatives.
1. Totally free: backed by GitHub Actions' cache, there is no additional service to pay for. 1. Totally free: backed by GitHub Actions' cache, there is no additional service to pay for.
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nix-store --store $PWD/test-root --extra-substituters 'http://localhost:3000' --option require-sigs false -r $(which bash) nix-store --store $PWD/test-root --extra-substituters 'http://localhost:3000' --option require-sigs false -r $(which bash)
``` ```
## Acknowledgement
Magic Nix Cache is a collaboration with [Zhaofeng Li][zhaofeng].
Zhaofeng is a major contributor to the Nix community, having authored [Attic][attic] and [Colmena][colmena].
We'd like to express our deep gratitude to Zhaofeng for his tremendous work on this project.
## Telemetry ## Telemetry
The goal of Magic Nix Cache is to help teams save time in CI. The goal of Magic Nix Cache is to help teams save time in CI.
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You can read the full privacy policy for [Determinate Systems][detsys], the creators of this tool and the [Determinate Nix Installer][installer], [here][privacy]. You can read the full privacy policy for [Determinate Systems][detsys], the creators of this tool and the [Determinate Nix Installer][installer], [here][privacy].
[detsys]: https://determinate.systems/
[action]: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action/
[installer]: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/ [installer]: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer/
[ghacache]: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows [ghacache]: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows
[privacy]: https://determinate.systems/privacy [privacy]: https://determinate.systems/privacy
[telemetry]: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache/blob/main/src/telemetry.rs [telemetry]: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache/blob/main/magic-nix-cache/src/telemetry.rs
[semantics]: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows#restrictions-for-accessing-a-cache [semantics]: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows#restrictions-for-accessing-a-cache
[z2ncache]: https://zero-to-nix.com/concepts/caching#binary-caches [z2ncache]: https://zero-to-nix.com/concepts/caching#binary-caches
[zhaofeng]: https://github.com/zhaofengli/
[attic]: https://github.com/zhaofengli/attic
[colmena]: https://github.com/zhaofengli/colmena