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I noticed whilst I've been working on autobuild.sh that every change invalidates all the caches. Because autobuild.sh itself is included in the cache key calculation. This change replaces that mechanism on macOS and Windows with am externalised list of dependencies. It adds the same mechanism to iOS, which lacked caching.

Github cache clean up will remove unused cache entries with no need to have the cache consumer included in the cache key.

(My work in progress on the Android build uses the same approach, which is where this comes from.)

Scope, guidance, testing and review by myself, coding my VSCode Github CoPilot.

CHANGELOG: Build: improve cache persistence

Context: Fixes an issue?

Caching should depend on what is being cached, rather than the cache consumer.

Does this change need documentation? What needs to be documented and how?

No.

Status of this Pull Request

Tested against the current branch in my own repository before raising the PR here.

What is missing until this pull request can be merged?

Need to do some more testing.

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Looks ok in general, just a couple of comments.

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Well, it's not quite there, is it....

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🤖 AI: The four former param() defaults at deploy_windows.ps1 kept their trailing commas and deploy_mac.sh kept the ../.. that suits a script one level deeper, and two more sit behind that Windows parse error: the launch line still passes the two Qt paths positionally to a param() that no longer declares them, and $QtCompile64 is now msvc2022 while the aqt arch is still win64_${QtCompile64}_64.

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Right - all tests now passing:

  1. Cache keys created for iOS, macOS qt5, macOS qt6, Windows ASIO, Windows Jack
  2. Caches populated on successful completion for each key
  3. Caches restored on subsequent run on same branch (that's just how the cache works)
  4. Caches used by the matrix setup runner
  5. Bump Dependencies correctly spots version matches and mismatches
    • One caveat: as we currently have divergent macOS and Windows Qt6 versions, it raises one PR to bring them together
    • I've only checked the diff for the PR its created - pljones@812e9d7

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Comment thread .github/autobuild/ios-dependencies.sh
Comment thread .github/autobuild/mac.sh
PROJECT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." && pwd)"
readonly PROJECT_DIR
# shellcheck disable=SC1090
source "${PROJECT_DIR}/.github/autobuild/mac-dependencies_qt${QT}.sh"

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Do we have a guarantee that ${QT} is safe and correct? I'd add an error check if the file exists before.

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It's set from the autobuild workflow file and, if not, defaults to 6 at the top of the file. If someone sets the wrong value, this command will safely crash the workflow.

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I'd still like a guard to reject invalid values.

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🧩 Analysis chain

🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

printf '%s\n' '== mac dependency scripts =='
fd -a -t f '^mac-dependencies_qt.*\.sh$' .github/autobuild -x sh -c 'printf "%s\n" "$1"' sh {}

printf '%s\n' '== QT assignments and mac.sh invocations in GitHub workflows =='
rg -n -C 3 --glob '*.yml' --glob '*.yaml' \
  '(^|[[:space:]])QT[=:]|mac\.sh|mac-dependencies_qt' .github

printf '%s\n' '== source sites for mac-dependencies scripts =='
rg -n -C 3 'source .*mac-dependencies_qt|mac-dependencies_qt' .github

Length of output: 5420


@ann0see, the guard is justified.

The workflow currently uses only QT=5 and QT=6. The repository contains only mac-dependencies_qt5.sh and mac-dependencies_qt6.sh. A wrong value fails at source, but the error does not state the supported values.

Add an allowlist before the source command:

QT=${QT:-6}
case "${QT}" in
    5|6) ;;
    *)
        echo "Environment variable QT must be 5 or 6"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

This makes the supported interface explicit and prevents unexpected dependency-script paths.

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No, it makes a claim that's unjustified. If there were a mac-dependencies_qtFOO.sh and you passed QT=FOO, that would be valid. The range of valid values is defined only by the list of files matching the pattern mac-dependencies_qt(.+)\.sh in the .githhub/autobuild directory. It could [[ -r ...path${QT}.sh ]] || { echo "Bad value for QT - look in .githhub/autobuild"; exit 1; }. But that's essentially what "file not found" tells you.

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The point being, someone could rename ios-depenedencies.sh to something unexpected and get the same error as changing the QT value to something invalid. Both require intervention and the diff to the existing code would show the cause.

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I think we might have an issue about some OS not being cached. Worth checking the issues for that and linking it here. If the issue is iOS related, we can close it.

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The iOS caching issue was already documented. Thus:

Fixes: #2462

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Walkthrough

The change centralizes pinned dependency versions for iOS, macOS, and Windows. Build and deployment scripts source these values, validate cached Qt tools, and derive deployment paths. Autobuild caching, dependency update checks, and build instructions now use the centralized configuration.

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Autobuild dependency centralization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Platform dependency configuration
.github/autobuild/ios*, .github/autobuild/mac*, mac/deploy_mac.sh
iOS and macOS scripts source shared dependency pins. Cached Qt installations require the expected platform executables. macOS deployment receives the selected Qt version.
Windows dependency configuration
.github/autobuild/windows*, windows/deploy_windows.ps1
Windows dependency versions are centralized. Qt cache validation checks both architectures. Deployment derives Qt paths, compiler paths, and download URLs from shared values.
Autobuild workflow and caching
.github/workflows/autobuild.yml
Platform commands select dependency variants. macOS, iOS, and Windows caches use dependency-specific keys and files.
Dependency update matching and build guidance
.github/workflows/bump-dependencies.yml, COMPILING.md, .github/autobuild/android.sh
Version matching uses anchored component-specific patterns. Local scanning is limited to centralized dependency files. Build instructions and workflow references use the updated configuration paths.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 1f01c

The change centralizes build dependency pins and cache keys, but unresolved dependency-update, lint, documentation, and Windows invocation compatibility issues can disrupt maintenance workflows or platform builds. These should be addressed before merging.

Suggested reviewers: ann0see, softins

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: externalising cache keys to prevent unnecessary cache invalidation.
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.github/autobuild/ios-dependencies.sh-8-8 (1)

8-8: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Suppress SC2034 for QT_VERSION.

QT_VERSION is consumed after this file is sourced. ShellCheck cannot observe that use. The directive on Line 6 applies only to AQTINSTALL_VERSION, so Line 8 reports an unused assignment. Add an SC2034 directive immediately before QT_VERSION.

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In @.github/autobuild/ios-dependencies.sh at line 8, Add an SC2034 suppression
directive immediately before the QT_VERSION assignment, while preserving the
existing AQTINSTALL_VERSION suppression and shell formatting.

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.github/autobuild/windows.ps1-71-71 (1)

71-71: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Remove unused DependencySuffix.

Line 71 assigns a value that no code reads. PSScriptAnalyzer reports PSUseDeclaredVarsMoreThanAssignments for this variable. Remove the assignment.

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refactoring is needed.

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3-3: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use the actual dependency-workflow filename.

The workflow is named .github/workflows/bump-dependencies.yml. Both comments point to a nonexistent .yaml path.

  • .github/autobuild/ios-dependencies.sh#L3-L3: change bump-dependencies.yaml to bump-dependencies.yml.
  • windows/deploy_windows.ps1#L74-L74: change bump-dependencies.yaml to bump-dependencies.yml.
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In @.github/autobuild/ios-dependencies.sh at line 3, Update the workflow
filename reference from bump-dependencies.yaml to bump-dependencies.yml in
.github/autobuild/ios-dependencies.sh at line 3 and windows/deploy_windows.ps1
at line 74; no other changes are needed.
.github/autobuild/mac-dependencies_qt5.sh-3-5 (1)

3-5: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Align dependency configuration comments with repository paths.

The dependency configuration files reference stale workflow or deployment paths.

  • .github/autobuild/mac-dependencies_qt5.sh#L3-L5: use .github/workflows/bump-dependencies.yml and mac/deploy_mac.sh.
  • .github/autobuild/mac-dependencies_qt6.sh#L3-L5: use .github/workflows/bump-dependencies.yml and mac/deploy_mac.sh.
  • .github/autobuild/windows-dependencies.ps1#L1-L4: use .github/workflows/bump-dependencies.yml.

The repository stack lists these corrected paths.

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In @.github/autobuild/mac-dependencies_qt5.sh around lines 3 - 5, Update the
dependency configuration comments to reference the current repository paths: in
.github/autobuild/mac-dependencies_qt5.sh lines 3-5 and
.github/autobuild/mac-dependencies_qt6.sh lines 3-5, use
.github/workflows/bump-dependencies.yml and mac/deploy_mac.sh; in
.github/autobuild/windows-dependencies.ps1 lines 1-4, use
.github/workflows/bump-dependencies.yml.
.github/workflows/bump-dependencies.yml-82-82 (1)

82-82: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Anchor the ASIO-SDK regex at the start of the line.

This pattern has $ but no ^. It can match $AsioSDKVersion = "..." inside a comment or a larger PowerShell line. The scan can accept that text as the local version, and the replacement can rewrite non-assignment text. Add ^ before the first capture.

Proposed fix
-            local_version_regex: (\$AsioSDKVersion = ")([^"]+)(")$
+            local_version_regex: ^(\$AsioSDKVersion = ")([^"]+)(")$
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In @.github/workflows/bump-dependencies.yml at line 82, Update the
local_version_regex pattern in the dependency-bump configuration to add a
start-of-line anchor before the first capture, while preserving the existing end
anchor and capture groups so only a complete ASIO-SDK assignment line is
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Inline comments:
In @.github/workflows/bump-dependencies.yml:
- Line 97: Update the local-version handling in the dependency bump workflow to
collect every value matching matrix.components.local_version_regex, rather than
selecting only the highest version. Require all matched values to equal
upstream_version before taking the no-op path; otherwise retain the update flow
so every matching assignment is updated.

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Other comments:
In @.github/autobuild/ios-dependencies.sh:
- Line 8: Add an SC2034 suppression directive immediately before the QT_VERSION
assignment, while preserving the existing AQTINSTALL_VERSION suppression and
shell formatting.
- Line 3: Update the workflow filename reference from bump-dependencies.yaml to
bump-dependencies.yml in .github/autobuild/ios-dependencies.sh at line 3 and
windows/deploy_windows.ps1 at line 74; no other changes are needed.

In @.github/autobuild/mac-dependencies_qt5.sh:
- Around line 3-5: Update the dependency configuration comments to reference the
current repository paths: in .github/autobuild/mac-dependencies_qt5.sh lines 3-5
and .github/autobuild/mac-dependencies_qt6.sh lines 3-5, use
.github/workflows/bump-dependencies.yml and mac/deploy_mac.sh; in
.github/autobuild/windows-dependencies.ps1 lines 1-4, use
.github/workflows/bump-dependencies.yml.

In @.github/autobuild/windows.ps1:
- Line 71: Remove the unused DependencySuffix assignment from the Windows build
script; no replacement or additional refactoring is needed.

In @.github/workflows/bump-dependencies.yml:
- Line 82: Update the local_version_regex pattern in the dependency-bump
configuration to add a start-of-line anchor before the first capture, while
preserving the existing end anchor and capture groups so only a complete
ASIO-SDK assignment line is matched.

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Suppress SC2034 for QT_VERSION.

QT_VERSION is consumed after this file is sourced. ShellCheck cannot observe that use. The directive on Line 6 applies only to AQTINSTALL_VERSION, so Line 8 reports an unused assignment. Add an SC2034 directive immediately before QT_VERSION.

Demonstrably false from the shellcheck output.

The workflow is named .github/workflows/bump-dependencies.yml. Both comments point to a nonexistent .yaml path.

Ah!

Anchor the ASIO-SDK regex at the start of the line.

Should never be an issue but good catch.

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Just to note, the Android rewrite seems to be mostly working now, based off this branch. All that's left is me buying an account so I can do an internal test release to the store. The workflow makes the attempt but it fails (and I can't be sure it would work if I had the credentials file right without actually having the credentials file right...).

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COMPILING.md-81-81 (1)

81-81: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Point readers to the dependency configuration file.

windows/deploy_windows.ps1 consumes .github/autobuild/windows-dependencies.ps1; it does not define the Qt or MSVC pins. Reference .github/autobuild/windows-dependencies.ps1 so users can find $Qt32Version, $Qt64Version, $QtCompile32, and $QtCompile64. Also write GitHub and 64-bit.

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- Line 81: Update the Windows compilation instructions to reference
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# Values are consumed by .github/autobuild/windows.ps1, windows/deploy_windows.ps1 and the dependency cache key.
$Qt32Version = "5.15.2"
$Qt64Version = "6.8.1"

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🤖 AI: This value came from the standalone default in deploy_windows.ps1, but the CI build on main uses $Qt64Version = "6.10.2", the pin the bump workflow has been maintaining. On this head the Windows job installs C:\Qt\6.8.1\msvc2022_64 (job log); the last main run built with C:\Qt\6.10.2\msvc2022_64 (job log). The macOS pin in mac-dependencies_qt6.sh kept 6.10.2, so merging as is drops the Windows Qt6 release two minor versions.

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$Qt64Version = "6.8.1"
$Qt64Version = "6.10.2"

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Ah, good spot!

(Shows the chaotic mess of things...)

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The Windows deploy script’s argument interface no longer matches the documented usage, which will break manual invocation until the parameters/defaulting behavior is restored or docs are updated accordingly.

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Pull request overview

This PR improves CI cache persistence by moving dependency/version “sources of truth” into dedicated dependency files and using those files as the cache-key inputs, reducing cache invalidation from unrelated script edits.

Changes:

  • Centralized Windows/macOS/iOS dependency version pins into .github/autobuild/*-dependencies* files and updated build scripts to source them.
  • Updated autobuild.yml cache keys to hash only the dependency lists (plus a small per-job suffix), and added iOS dependency caching.
  • Tightened bump-dependencies.yml parsing to read versions from the new dependency files.
File summaries
File Description
windows/deploy_windows.ps1 Loads centralized dependency versions and updates Qt/SDK URL composition.
mac/deploy_mac.sh Sources centralized mac dependency pins based on QT selector.
COMPILING.md Points developers to the new dependency pin files for matching CI versions.
.github/workflows/bump-dependencies.yml Updates version-extraction regexes and narrows scanned files to dependency pins.
.github/workflows/autobuild.yml Reworks cache keys to depend on external dependency lists; adds iOS caching and per-job cache suffix.
.github/autobuild/windows.ps1 Sources Windows dependency pins; adjusts Qt install checks/arch strings; stops passing Qt paths to deploy script.
.github/autobuild/windows-dependencies.ps1 New centralized Windows dependency/version pin file.
.github/autobuild/mac.sh Sources mac dependency pins; ensures deploy script receives QT selector.
.github/autobuild/mac-dependencies_qt6.sh New centralized mac Qt6 dependency/version pin file.
.github/autobuild/mac-dependencies_qt5.sh New centralized mac Qt5 dependency/version pin file.
.github/autobuild/ios.sh Sources iOS dependency pins; aligns Qt install location with caching.
.github/autobuild/ios-dependencies.sh New centralized iOS dependency/version pin file.
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  • The Qt install path defaults are assigned unconditionally, so even if Qt paths are passed in as parameters they would be overwritten. Make these assignments conditional so user-supplied paths take precedence.
# Replace default path with system Qt installation folder if necessary
$QtInstallPath32 = "C:\Qt\${Qt32Version}"
$QtInstallPath64 = "C:\Qt\${Qt64Version}"
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Comment on lines 47 to 49
param (
# Replace default path with system Qt installation folder if necessary
[string] $QtInstallPath32 = "C:\Qt\5.15.2",
[string] $QtInstallPath64 = "C:\Qt\6.8.1",
[string] $QtCompile32 = "msvc2019",
[string] $QtCompile64 = "msvc2022_64",
# Important:
# - Do not update ASIO SDK without checking for license-related changes.
# - Do not copy (parts of) the ASIO SDK into the Jamulus source tree without
# further consideration as it would make the license situation more complicated.
#
# The following version pinnings are semi-automatically checked for
# updates. Verify .github/workflows/bump-dependencies.yaml when changing those manually:
[string] $AsioSDKUrl = "https://download.steinberg.net/sdk_downloads/ASIO-SDK_2.3.4_2025-10-15.zip",
[string] $NsisUrl = "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/nsis/NSIS%203/3.12/nsis-3.12.zip",
[string] $BuildOption = ""
)
Comment thread .github/workflows/bump-dependencies.yml Outdated
get_upstream_version: GH_REPO=miurahr/aqtinstall gh release view --json tagName --jq .tagName | sed -re 's/^v//'
# The following regexps capture both the *nix and the Windows variable syntax (different case, underscore):
local_version_regex: (.*AQTINSTALL_?VERSION\s*=\s*"?)([0-9.]*)("?.*)
# Capture both plain assignments and shell parameter-expansion defaults.
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$QtInstallPath32 = "C:\Qt\${Qt32Version}"
$QtInstallPath64 = "C:\Qt\${Qt64Version}"

# Verify .github/workflows/bump-dependencies.yaml when changing these:

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47-48: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve the removed deployment overrides or update the CLI contract.

The previous script accepted Qt path, compiler, ASIO, and NSIS overrides. The new parameter block accepts only $BuildOption, so callers that pass a removed named parameter fail PowerShell parameter binding. The script also checks qmake only under C:\Qt\<version>, so custom Qt installations fail. Preserve the overrides or document and enforce the new contract.

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In `@windows/deploy_windows.ps1` around lines 47 - 48, Update the deployment
script’s parameter contract around $BuildOption so existing Qt path, compiler,
ASIO, and NSIS overrides remain accepted and are used by the deployment logic,
including qmake discovery for custom Qt installations; alternatively,
consistently remove those parameters from the CLI contract and enforce that
change with clear validation/documentation.
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COMPILING.md-114-120 (1)

114-120: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use one macOS Qt installation method consistently.

The documented qmake path matches the pinned Qt installation used by the macOS build, but brew install qt uses a different path and does not select QT_VERSION. Use the Qt installer for exact-version builds, or document the Homebrew qmake path and remove the exact-version implication.

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In `@COMPILING.md` around lines 114 - 120, Update the macOS Qt installation
instructions in COMPILING.md to use one consistent method: either document the
Qt installer with the pinned version and QT_VERSION selection, or retain
Homebrew and document its qmake path without implying exact-version matching.
Keep the qmake guidance and version references aligned with the chosen
installation method.
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Outside diff comments:
In `@windows/deploy_windows.ps1`:
- Around line 47-48: Update the deployment script’s parameter contract around
$BuildOption so existing Qt path, compiler, ASIO, and NSIS overrides remain
accepted and are used by the deployment logic, including qmake discovery for
custom Qt installations; alternatively, consistently remove those parameters
from the CLI contract and enforce that change with clear
validation/documentation.

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Other comments:
In `@COMPILING.md`:
- Around line 114-120: Update the macOS Qt installation instructions in
COMPILING.md to use one consistent method: either document the Qt installer with
the pinned version and QT_VERSION selection, or retain Homebrew and document its
qmake path without implying exact-version matching. Keep the qmake guidance and
version references aligned with the chosen installation method.

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