Make CI more robust to cached packages

Author: tdg5

.github/workflows/main-quality-check.yaml

@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run quality checks
         run: |
-          # Check format
+          # Check format.
           dotnet format --verify-no-changes
 
-          # Run tests
-          dotnet test --no-restore
+          # Purge some NuGet caches and run tests.
+          HARD=true ./scripts/clean-and-test.sh
 
-          # Ensure pack works
+          # Ensure pack works.
           dotnet pack --no-restore

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ jobs:
 
           dotnet format --verify-no-changes
 
-          dotnet test --no-restore
+          # Purge some NuGet caches and run tests.
+          HARD=true ./scripts/clean-and-test.sh
 
           dotnet pack \
             --configuration Release \

README.md

@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
 # Standard Conventions for C#
 
 Library for enforcing my preferred conventions in C#.
+
+## Running Tests
+
+Test are run against packed versions of the library. Because of this, NuGet
+caching can get in the way of tests seeing updates. To get around run the
+following script to rebuild and run tests:
+
+```bash
+HARD=true ./scripts/clean-and-test.sh
+```

scripts/clean-and-test.sh

@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@
 TEST_ARTIFACTS_PATH="$HOME/.cache/Tdg5.StandardConventions.Tests/test-artifacts"
 rm -rf "$TEST_ARTIFACTS_PATH"
 find . -type d \( -name bin -o -name obj \) -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf
-[ -n "$HARD" ] && dotnet nuget locals all --clear
+
+if [ -n "$HARD" ]; then
+  # Try to preserve other caches to minimize restore time.
+  dotnet nuget locals global-packages --clear
+fi
+
 dotnet clean
 
 dotnet test