wip on action

action.yml

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+name: Install nim
+description: Install the given nim version
+
+inputs:
+  nimVersion:
+    description: a nim version string like 2.2.2 or 2.0.8
+    required: true
+  os:
+    description: a os string like "linux" "windows"
+    required: true
+
+runs:
+  env:
+    nimPath: "nim-${{inputs.nimVersion}}-${{inputs.os}}_x64.tar.xz"
+    nimUrl: "https://nim-lang.org/download/${{env.nimPath}}"
+
+
+
+  steps:
+
+    ## Do some test steps
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - run: echo start docker
+    - run: env
+    - run: cat /etc/apt/sources.list
+    - run: ls
+
+    ## Tries to use the cached version of the nim tar ball
+    - name: cache restore
+      id: cachestep1
+      uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/cache/restore@v4
+      with:
+        path: ${{env.nimPath}}
+        key: ${{env.nimPath}}
+
+    # - name: cache hit
+    #   run: |
+    #     set -x
+    #     test "${{ steps.cachestep1.outputs.cache-hit }}" != true
+
+    - name: cache hit
+      run: |
+        if [ ! ${{ steps.cachestep1.outputs.cache-hit }} ]; then 
+          echo "Download nim tarball"
+          wget ${{env.nimUrl}}
+        fi
+
+    # # Download if no cache hit
+    # - run: wget https://nim-lang.org/download/nim-2.2.2-linux_x64.tar.xz
+
+    - name: cache save
+      uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/cache/save@v4
+      with:
+        path: ${{env.nimPath}}
+        key: ${{ steps.cachestep1.outputs.cache-primary-key }}
+
+
+    - run: tar xvf ${{env.nimPath}}
+    - run: ln -s `pwd`/nim-${{inputs.nimVersion}}/bin/* /usr/bin/
+    - run: gcc --version
+    - run: nim --version
+    - run: nimble --version
+    - run: nimble install
+    - run: nimble test
+    - run: nimble tests
+
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: myBuild
+        path: testRunner
+