# Cache management with GitHub Actions — Cache mounts

> BuildKit doesn't preserve cache mounts in the GitHub Actions cache by default.

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- Canonical URL: <https://wikikv.com/k/ref-docker-d6196e4511b41b18db15>
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## Provenance

- Source: <https://github.com/docker/docs/blob/3a9d778562f39bcc0be46255b013c6a3ca526244/content/manuals/build/ci/github-actions/cache.md>
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## Knowledge

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BuildKit doesn't preserve cache mounts in the GitHub Actions cache by default. To put your cache mounts into GitHub Actions cache and reuse it between builds, you can use a workaround provided by reproducible-containers/buildkit-cache-dance.

This GitHub Action creates temporary containers to extract and inject the cache mount data with your Docker build steps.

The following example shows how to use this workaround with a Go project.

Example Dockerfile in build/package/Dockerfile

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```Dockerfile
FROM golang:1.21.1-alpine as base-build

WORKDIR /build

RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/go/pkg/mod \
    --mount=type=bind,source=go.mod,target=go.mod \
    --mount=type=bind,source=go.sum,target=go.sum \
    go mod download

RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/go/pkg/mod \
    --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
    --mount=type=bind,target=. \
    go build -o /bin/app ./src
...
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Login to Docker Hub
        uses: docker/login-action@{{% param "login_action_version" %}}
        with:
          username: ${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: Set up QEMU
        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@{{% param "setup_qemu_action_version" %}}

      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@{{% param "setup_buildx_action_version" %}}

      - name: Docker meta
        id: meta
        uses: docker/metadata-action@{{% param "metadata_action_version" %}}
        with:
          images: user/app
          tags: |
            type=ref,event=branch
            type=ref,event=pr
            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}

      - name: Go Build Cache for
```

For more information about this workaround, refer to the GitHub repository.

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