Stop Rebuilding the World: Faster C++ CI with vcpkg Binary Caching
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Your CI runners have better things to do than compile the same dependencies again. Learn how to put them on the fast track with vcpkg-github-cache, a GitHub Action that connects vcpkg binary caching to GitHub Packages.
We'll go beneath the workflow YAML to explore how NuGet packages store compiled dependencies, how vcpkg restores them, and how to manage a cache across multiple open source projects. Along the way, we'll tackle authentication, package visibility, repository permissions, and cache diagnostics. Leave ready to turn repeated compilation into reusable binaries and give your C++ builds a head start.
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