ci : add older, min and dry-run options to ccache-clear (#27504)

* ci : add older, min and dry-run options to ccache-clear

Assisted-by: pi:llama.cpp/Qwen3.8-27B

* pi : add note about not wrapping lines in PR descriptions

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Assisted-by: pi:llama.cpp/Qwen3.8-27B

.github/actions/ccache-clear/action.yml

@@ -1,23 +1,88 @@
 # note: place this as the last step of the job, so the new cache is saved by "Post ccache" right after the old one is cleared
 name: "ccache-clear"
-description: "Delete all GitHub Actions caches matching a key prefix"
+description: "Delete GitHub Actions caches matching a key prefix, oldest first"
 inputs:
   key:
     description: "Cache key prefix to match and delete"
     required: true
+  older:
+    description: "Only delete caches created more than this long ago (e.g. 90m, 1h, 1d). By default all matching caches are deleted"
+    required: false
+    default: ""
+  min:
+    description: "Stop deleting if fewer than this many caches would remain (e.g. 1). By default there is no minimum"
+    required: false
+    default: "0"
+  dry-run:
+    description: "Only print the caches that would be deleted, without deleting them"
+    required: false
+    default: "false"
 
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
     - name: Clear caches
       shell: bash
+      env:
+        CLEAR_KEY: ${{ inputs.key }}
+        CLEAR_OLDER: ${{ inputs.older }}
+        CLEAR_MIN: ${{ inputs.min }}
+        CLEAR_DRY_RUN: ${{ inputs.dry-run }}
       run: |
-        CACHES=$(gh cache list --key "ccache-${{ inputs.key }}" --json id,key --jq '.[] | "\(.id) \(.key)"' 2>/dev/null)
+        # Convert a duration (e.g. 90m, 1h, 1d, plain seconds) to seconds
+        to_seconds() {
+          local val="$1"
+          [[ "$val" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] && { echo "$val"; return 0; }
+          local num="${val%?}" unit="${val: -1}" mult
+          [[ "$num" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || return 1
+          case "$unit" in
+            s) mult=1 ;;
+            m) mult=60 ;;
+            h) mult=3600 ;;
+            d) mult=86400 ;;
+            *) return 1 ;;
+          esac
+          echo $((num * mult))
+        }
+
+        [[ "$CLEAR_MIN" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || { echo "Invalid min value: $CLEAR_MIN" >&2; exit 1; }
+        [[ "$CLEAR_DRY_RUN" =~ ^(true|false)$ ]] || { echo "Invalid dry-run value: $CLEAR_DRY_RUN" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+        CACHES=$(gh cache list --key "ccache-$CLEAR_KEY" --json id,key,createdAt --jq '.[] | [.createdAt, .id, .key] | @tsv' 2>/dev/null | LC_ALL=C sort)
         if [ -z "$CACHES" ]; then
-          echo "No caches found with key prefix: ${{ inputs.key }}"
+          echo "No caches found with key prefix: $CLEAR_KEY"
           exit 0
         fi
-        while read -r id key; do
+
-          echo "Deleting cache: $id ($key)"
+        TOTAL=$(( $(wc -l <<< "$CACHES") ))
-          gh cache delete "$id"
+
+        echo "Found $TOTAL cache(s) with key prefix: $CLEAR_KEY (oldest first):"
+        while IFS=$'\t' read -r CREATED ID KEY; do
+          printf '  %s  %s  %s\n' "$CREATED" "$ID" "$KEY"
+        done <<< "$CACHES"
+
+        CUTOFF=""
+        if [ -n "$CLEAR_OLDER" ]; then
+          OLDER_SECONDS=$(to_seconds "$CLEAR_OLDER") || { echo "Invalid older value: $CLEAR_OLDER (expected e.g. 90m, 1h, 1d)" >&2; exit 1; }
+          CUTOFF=$(( $(date +%s) - OLDER_SECONDS ))
+        fi
+
+        # Caches are sorted oldest first
+        DELETED=0
+        while IFS=$'\t' read -r CREATED ID KEY; do
+          if [ -n "$CUTOFF" ] && [ "$(date -d "$CREATED" +%s)" -ge "$CUTOFF" ]; then
+            echo "Rest are not older than $CLEAR_OLDER, stopping"
+            break
+          fi
+          if [ $((TOTAL - DELETED - 1)) -lt "$CLEAR_MIN" ]; then
+            echo "Keeping at least $CLEAR_MIN cache(s), stopping"
+            break
+          fi
+          if [ "$CLEAR_DRY_RUN" = "true" ]; then
+            echo "Would delete cache: $ID ($KEY)"
+          else
+            echo "Deleting cache: $ID ($KEY)"
+            gh cache delete "$ID"
+          fi
+          DELETED=$((DELETED + 1))
         done <<< "$CACHES"

.github/workflows/build-cpu.yml

@@ -117,6 +117,18 @@ jobs:
           ./bin/llama-convert-llama2c-to-ggml --copy-vocab-from-model ./tok512.bin --llama2c-model stories260K.bin --llama2c-output-model stories260K.gguf
           ./bin/llama-completion -m stories260K.gguf -p "One day, Lily met a Shoggoth" -n 500 -c 256
 
+      # note: real deletion only on push to master (same condition as the ccache save),
+      #       dry-run otherwise (the token is read-only on PRs from forks)
+      - name: ccache-clear
+        uses: ./.github/actions/ccache-clear
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        with:
+          key: cpu-${{ matrix.os }}
+          older: 1h
+          min: 1
+          dry-run: ${{ github.event_name != 'push' || github.ref != 'refs/heads/master' }}
+
   windows:
     name: windows / ${{ matrix.build }}
     runs-on: windows-2025

.pi/gg/SYSTEM.md

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Coding:
 Pull requests (PRs):
 - New branch names are prefixed with "gg/"
 - Before opening a pull request, ask the user to confirm the description
+- Don't explicitly wrap lines in the PR description (each paragraph and bullet is a single line)
 - When creating a pull request, look for the repository's PR template and follow it
 - For the AI usage disclosure section, write "YES. pi:llama.cpp/[MODEL]"
 - Ask the user to tell you what model was used and write it in place of [MODEL]