-vcpkg is a submodule: useful to have versioning control of the dependencies; -use run-cmake action for building both linux and windows; -use vcpkg response file installing dependencies; same is to be used on CI and locally by devs;

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -11,15 +11,13 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - os: windows-latest
             triplet: x64-windows
-            vcpkgGitCommitId: '6282cab61d175974b1af06473db584b9b80dcd48'
-            vcpkgPackages: 'grpc'
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             triplet: x64-linux
-            vcpkgGitCommitId: '6282cab61d175974b1af06473db584b9b80dcd48'
-            vcpkgPackages: 'grpc'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        with:
+          submodules: true
       - name: Install Qt
         uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v2.5.0
         with:
@@ -37,36 +35,39 @@ jobs:
       - name: Cache vcpkg artifacts
         uses: actions/cache@v1
         env:
-          cache-name: cache-vcpkg-modules
+          vcpkgResponseFile: '${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg_${{ matrix.triplet }}.txt'
         with:
           path: ${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg/
-          key: ${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ runner.os }}
+          # Ensure the cache is invalidated any time vcpkg version changes, or a different set of packages is being used.
+          key: ${{ hashFiles( env.vcpkgResponseFile ) }}-${{ hashFiles('.git/modules/vcpkg/HEAD') }}-${{ runner.os }}
       - name: Run vcpkg
-        uses: lukka/run-vcpkg@v0.10
+        uses: lukka/run-vcpkg@v0
         id: runvcpkg
+        env:
+          vcpkgResponseFile: '${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg_${{ matrix.triplet }}.txt'
         with:
-          vcpkgArguments: '${{ matrix.vcpkgPackages }}'
-          vcpkgTriplet: '${{ matrix.triplet }}'
-          vcpkgGitCommitId: '${{ matrix.vcpkgGitCommitId }}'
+          vcpkgArguments: '@${{ env.vcpkgResponseFile }}'
+          vcpkgDirectory: '${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg'
       - name: Prints outputs of run-vcpkg task
         run: echo "'${{ steps.runvcpkg.outputs.RUNVCPKG_VCPKG_ROOT_OUT }}' '${{  steps.runvcpkg.outputs.RUNVCPKG_VCPKG_TRIPLET_OUT }}' "
-      - name: Build ResInsight-x64 Windows
-        if: "contains( matrix.os, 'windows')"
+      - name: Build ResInsight-x64
+        uses: lukka/run-cmake@v0
+        with:
+          cmakeListsOrSettingsJson: CMakeListsTxtAdvanced
+          cmakeAppendedArgs:  -DRESINSIGHT_ENABLE_GRPC=true -DRESINSIGHT_GRPC_PYTHON_EXECUTABLE=python -DRESINSIGHT_ENABLE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS=true -DRESINSIGHT_ENABLE_UNITY_BUILD=true
+          buildDirectory: ${{ github.workspace }}/cmakebuild
+          buildWithCMakeArgs: '--config Release --target package'
+          useVcpkgToolchainFile: true
+      - name: Remove packages/_CPack_Packages
+        shell: bash
         run: |
-          mkdir cmakebuild
-          cd cmakebuild
-          cmake .. -DRESINSIGHT_ENABLE_GRPC=true -DRESINSIGHT_GRPC_PYTHON_EXECUTABLE=python -DRESINSIGHT_ENABLE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS=true -DRESINSIGHT_ENABLE_UNITY_BUILD=true -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake -A x64
-          cmake --build . --config Release --target PACKAGE
-          rd packages/_CPack_Packages -Recurse
-      - name: Build ResInsight-x64 Linux
-        if: "contains( matrix.os, 'ubuntu')"
-        run: |
-          mkdir cmakebuild
-          cd cmakebuild
-          cmake .. -DRESINSIGHT_ENABLE_GRPC=true -DRESINSIGHT_GRPC_PYTHON_EXECUTABLE=python -DRESINSIGHT_ENABLE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS=true -DRESINSIGHT_ENABLE_UNITY_BUILD=true -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake
-          cmake --build . --config Release 
-          make package
           rm -rf packages/_CPack_Packages
+      - name: dir
+        run: find ${{ runner.workspace }}
+        if: "!contains( matrix.os, 'windows')"
+      - name: dir
+        run: gci -recurse ${{ runner.workspace }}
+        if: contains( matrix.os, 'windows')      
       - name: Test with pytest
         if: "contains( matrix.os, 'windows')" # To be used when RESINSIGHT_GRPC_PYTHON_EXECUTABLE can be 'python' without extention in PATH
         env:

.gitmodules

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "vcpkg"]
+	path = vcpkg
+	url = https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg

vcpkg

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 6282cab61d175974b1af06473db584b9b80dcd48

vcpkg_x64-linux.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+grpc
+--triplet
+x64-linux

vcpkg_x64-windows.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+grpc
+--triplet
+x64-windows