Merge pull request #1108 from actions/users/kotewar/fix-tar-exit-with…

…-code-1 Adding fix for tar exiting with code 1 issue
actions · Jun 6, 2022 · b5f31bb · b5f31bb
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diff --git a/packages/cache/RELEASES.md b/packages/cache/RELEASES.md
@@ -64,4 +64,7 @@
 - Update to v2.0.1 of `@actions/http-client` [#1087](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/1087)
 
 ### 2.0.5
-- Fix to avoid saving empty cache when no files are available for caching. ([issue](https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/624))
+- Fix to avoid saving empty cache when no files are available for caching. ([issue](https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/624))
+
+### 2.0.6
+- Fix `Tar failed with error: The process '/usr/bin/tar' failed with exit code 1` issue when temp directory where tar is getting created is actually the subdirectory of the path mentioned by the user for caching. ([issue](https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/689))
diff --git a/packages/cache/__tests__/tar.test.ts b/packages/cache/__tests__/tar.test.ts
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ test('zstd create tar', async () => {
       'zstd -T0 --long=30',
       '-cf',
       IS_WINDOWS ? CacheFilename.Zstd.replace(/\\/g, '/') : CacheFilename.Zstd,
+      '--exclude',
+      IS_WINDOWS ? CacheFilename.Zstd.replace(/\\/g, '/') : CacheFilename.Zstd,
       '-P',
       '-C',
       IS_WINDOWS ? workspace?.replace(/\\/g, '/') : workspace,
@@ -180,6 +182,8 @@ test('gzip create tar', async () => {
       '-z',
       '-cf',
       IS_WINDOWS ? CacheFilename.Gzip.replace(/\\/g, '/') : CacheFilename.Gzip,
+      '--exclude',
+      IS_WINDOWS ? CacheFilename.Gzip.replace(/\\/g, '/') : CacheFilename.Gzip,
       '-P',
       '-C',
       IS_WINDOWS ? workspace?.replace(/\\/g, '/') : workspace,

diff --git a/packages/cache/package-lock.json b/packages/cache/package-lock.json
diff --git a/packages/cache/package.json b/packages/cache/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@actions/cache",
-  "version": "2.0.5",
+  "version": "2.0.6",
   "preview": true,
   "description": "Actions cache lib",
   "keywords": [

diff --git a/packages/cache/src/internal/tar.ts b/packages/cache/src/internal/tar.ts
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ export async function createTar(
     ...getCompressionProgram(),
     '-cf',
     cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
+    '--exclude',
+    cacheFileName.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),
     '-P',
     '-C',
     workingDirectory.replace(new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}`, 'g'), '/'),