Add production dependencies & build

* `package.json`: change version number from `2.2.0` to `2.3.0`

* `rm -rf node_modules/ && npm ci && npm install`

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ name: Bug report
 about: Create a report to help us improve
 title: "[BUG] "
 labels: bug
-assignees: SaschaMann
 
 ---
 

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -3,5 +3,17 @@ updates:
 - package-ecosystem: gitsubmodule
   directory: "/"
   schedule:
-    interval: daily
-  open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+    interval: monthly
+  open-pull-requests-limit: 99
+
+- package-ecosystem: 'github-actions'
+  directory: '/'
+  schedule:
+    interval: 'monthly'
+  open-pull-requests-limit: 99
+    
+- package-ecosystem: npm
+  directory: "/"
+  schedule:
+    interval: monthly
+  open-pull-requests-limit: 99

.github/scripts/common-tests.jl

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+if !occursin("hostedtoolcache", Sys.BINDIR)
+    error("the wrong julia is being used: $(Sys.BINDIR)")
+end
+if VERSION >= v"1.7.0" # pkgdir was introduced here, and before then mtime wasn't a problem so just skip
+    using Pkg
+    src = pkgdir(Pkg, "src", "Pkg.jl")
+    # mtime is when it's compressed, ctime is when the file is extracted
+    if mtime(src) >= ctime(src)
+        error("source mtime ($(mtime(src))) is not earlier than ctime ($(ctime(src)))")
+    end
+end

.github/workflows/backup.yml

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-name: Backup
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '5 4 * * 0'
-
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  backup:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    timeout-minutes: 60
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Configure cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
-        with:
-          path: |
-            ${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}
-            ~/.cache/restic
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}
-
-      - name: Install the correct Python version
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.x'
-
-      - name: Run backup action
-        uses: julia-actions/restic-action@main
-        env: # Options: https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/040_backup.html#environment-variables
-          RESTIC_REPOSITORY: b2:${{ secrets.B2_BUCKET }}:${{ github.repository }}
-          RESTIC_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.RESTIC_PASSWORD }}
-          B2_ACCOUNT_ID: ${{ secrets.B2_ACCOUNT_ID }}
-          B2_ACCOUNT_KEY: ${{ secrets.B2_ACCOUNT_KEY }}

.github/workflows/checkin.yml

@@ -12,10 +12,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      with:
+        node-version-file: '.tool-versions'
 
     - name: "npm ci"
-      run: npm ci --legacy-peer-deps
+      run: npm ci
 
     - name: "npm run build"
       run: npm run build
@@ -27,6 +31,6 @@ jobs:
       # Ensure no changes, but ignore node_modules dir since dev/fresh ci deps installed.
       run: |
         git diff --exit-code --stat -- . ':!node_modules' \
-        || (echo "##[error] found changed files after build. please 'npm run build && npm run format'" \
+        || (echo "##[error] found changed files after build. please 'npm ci && npm run build'" \
                  "and check in all changes" \
             && exit 1)

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
       with:
         languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
         # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
     # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, or Java).
     # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
     - name: Autobuild
-      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v1
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v3
 
     # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
     # 📚 https://git.io/JvXDl
@@ -71,4 +71,4 @@ jobs:
     #   make release
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3

.github/workflows/example-builds-defaultarch.yml

@@ -23,11 +23,17 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macOS-latest, windows-latest]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        if: ${{ ! startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/releases') }}
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.tool-versions'
 
       - name: "Install dependencies"
+        if: ${{ ! startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/releases') }}
         run: |
-          npm install --legacy-peer-deps
+          npm install
           npm run build
           npm run pack
 
@@ -38,3 +44,5 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.julia-version }}
       - run: julia --version
       - run: julia --compile=min -O0 -e 'import InteractiveUtils; InteractiveUtils.versioninfo()'
+      - name: "Check that the correct julia is used and that archive mtimes are maintained"
+        run: julia --startup-file=no --color=yes ./.github/scripts/common-tests.jl

.github/workflows/example-builds-nightly-defaultarch.yml

@@ -18,15 +18,28 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        julia-version: [nightly, 1.8-nightly]
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macOS-latest, windows-latest]
+        julia-version: [nightly, 1.10-nightly]
+        os:
+          - ubuntu-latest
+          - windows-latest
+          # - macos-11 # Intel
+          - macos-12 # Intel
+          - macos-13 # Intel
+          - macos-14 # Apple Silicon
+          - macos-latest # Currently Intel, but will probably point to Apple Silicon in the future
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        if: ${{ ! startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/releases') }}
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.tool-versions'
 
       - name: "Install dependencies"
+        if: ${{ ! startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/releases') }}
         run: |
-          npm install --legacy-peer-deps
+          npm install
           npm run build
           npm run pack
 
@@ -36,3 +49,5 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.julia-version }}
       - run: julia --version
       - run: julia --compile=min -O0 -e 'import InteractiveUtils; InteractiveUtils.versioninfo()'
+      - name: "Check that the correct julia is used and that archive mtimes are maintained"
+        run: julia --startup-file=no --color=yes ./.github/scripts/common-tests.jl

.github/workflows/example-builds-nightly.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        julia-version: [nightly, 1.8-nightly]
+        julia-version: [nightly, 1.10-nightly]
         julia-arch: [x64, x86]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macOS-latest, windows-latest]
         # 32-bit Julia binaries are not available on macOS
@@ -29,11 +29,17 @@ jobs:
             julia-arch: x86
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        if: ${{ ! startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/releases') }}
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.tool-versions'
 
       - name: "Install dependencies"
+        if: ${{ ! startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/releases') }}
         run: |
-          npm install --legacy-peer-deps
+          npm install
           npm run build
           npm run pack
 
@@ -44,3 +50,5 @@ jobs:
           arch: ${{ matrix.julia-arch }}
       - run: julia --version
       - run: julia --compile=min -O0 -e 'import InteractiveUtils; InteractiveUtils.versioninfo()'
+      - name: "Check that the correct julia is used and that archive mtimes are maintained"
+        run: julia --startup-file=no --color=yes ./.github/scripts/common-tests.jl

.github/workflows/example-builds.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        julia-version: ['1.0.5', '1.2', '^1.5.0-beta1', '1']
+       # include '1.6' here to test info message about lts tag existing
+        julia-version: ['1.0.5', '1.2', '^1.5.0-beta1', '1', '1.6', 'lts', 'pre']
         julia-arch: [x64, x86]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macOS-latest, windows-latest]
         # 32-bit Julia binaries are not available on macOS
@@ -28,11 +29,17 @@ jobs:
             julia-arch: x86
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        if: ${{ ! startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/releases') }}
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.tool-versions'
 
       - name: "Install dependencies"
+        if: ${{ ! startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/releases') }}
         run: |
-          npm install --legacy-peer-deps
+          npm install
           npm run build
           npm run pack
 
@@ -44,3 +51,5 @@ jobs:
           arch: ${{ matrix.julia-arch }}
       - run: julia --version
       - run: julia --compile=min -O0 -e 'import InteractiveUtils; InteractiveUtils.versioninfo()'
+      - name: "Check that the correct julia is used and that archive mtimes are maintained"
+        run: julia --startup-file=no --color=yes ./.github/scripts/common-tests.jl

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 node_modules/
 __tests__/runner/*
-dist/
+!dist/

.tool-versions

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+nodejs 20.11.1

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-# Dev docs / Contributing guide
+# Contributing
 
-## Building and tagging a release (requires write access)
-
-1. Test your changes, merge into `master`.
-2. Checkout `master`.
-3. Bump the version number in [`package.json`](package.json).
-4. Run `./bin/build-release julia-actions/setup-julia` to create a release branch and build a release.
-5. Push the branch (**without tags**) and verify that CI is passing on it.
-6. Run `git push --tags --force` to update the tags.
-7. Create a release for the `vX.Y.Z` tag.
+Please see the README in the [`devdocs/`](devdocs/) folder.

README.md

@@ -1,29 +1,36 @@
 # setup-julia Action
 
 [![CodeQL](https://github.com/julia-actions/setup-julia/workflows/CodeQL/badge.svg)](https://securitylab.github.com/tools/codeql)
-[![Dependabot Status](https://api.dependabot.com/badges/status?host=github&repo=julia-actions/setup-julia)](https://dependabot.com)
 
 This action sets up a Julia environment for use in actions by downloading a specified version of Julia and adding it to PATH.
 
 ## Table of Contents
-- [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
-- [Usage](#usage)
-  - [Inputs](#inputs)
-  - [Outputs](#outputs)
-  - [Basic](#basic)
-  - [Julia Versions](#julia-versions)
-  - [Matrix Testing](#matrix-testing)
-  - [versioninfo](#versioninfo)
-- [Versioning](#versioning)
-- [Debug logs](#debug-logs)
-- [Third party information](#third-party-information)
+- [setup-julia Action](#setup-julia-action)
+  - [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
+  - [Usage](#usage)
+    - [Inputs](#inputs)
+    - [Outputs](#outputs)
+    - [Basic](#basic)
+    - [Julia Versions](#julia-versions)
+      - [Examples](#examples)
+      - [Prereleases](#prereleases)
+      - [Recently released versions](#recently-released-versions)
+    - [Matrix Testing](#matrix-testing)
+      - [64-bit Julia only](#64-bit-julia-only)
+      - [32-bit Julia](#32-bit-julia)
+    - [versioninfo](#versioninfo)
+  - [Versioning](#versioning)
+  - [Using Dependabot version updates to keep your GitHub Actions up to date](#using-dependabot-version-updates-to-keep-your-github-actions-up-to-date)
+  - [Debug logs](#debug-logs)
+  - [Third party information](#third-party-information)
+  - [Contributing to this repo](#contributing-to-this-repo)
 
 ## Usage
 
 ### Inputs
 
 ```yaml
-- uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
+- uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v2
   with:
     # The Julia version that will be installed and added as `julia` to the PATH.
     # See "Julia Versions" below for a list of valid values.
@@ -31,7 +38,7 @@ This action sets up a Julia environment for use in actions by downloading a spec
     # Warning: It is strongly recommended to wrap this value in quotes.
     #          Otherwise, the YAML parser used by GitHub Actions parses certain
     #          versions as numbers which causes the wrong version to be selected.
-    #          For example, `1.0` may be parsed as `1`.
+    #          For example, `1.10` may be parsed as `1.1`.
     #
     # Default: '1'
     version: ''
@@ -87,10 +94,10 @@ outputs:
 
 ```yaml
 steps:
-- uses: actions/checkout@v1.0.0
-- uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
+- uses: actions/checkout@v4
+- uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v2
   with:
-    version: 1.0.4
+    version: '1.10'
 - run: julia -e 'println("Hello, World!")'
 ```
 
@@ -98,18 +105,22 @@ steps:
 
 You can either specify specific Julia versions or version ranges. If you specify a version range, the **highest** available Julia version that matches the range will be selected.
 
-**Warning:** It is strongly recommended to wrap versions in quotes. Otherwise, the YAML parser used by GitHub Actions parses certain versions as numbers which causes the wrong version to be selected. For example, `1.0` may be parsed as `1`.
+> **Warning**
+>
+> It is strongly recommended to wrap versions in quotes. Otherwise, the YAML parser used by GitHub Actions parses certain versions as numbers which causes the wrong version to be selected. For example, `1.0` may be parsed as `1`.
 
 #### Examples
 
-- `1.2.0` is a valid semver version. The action will try to download exactly this version. If it's not available, the build step will fail.
-- `1.0` is a version range that will match the highest available Julia version that starts with `1.0`, e.g. `1.0.5`, excluding pre-releases.
-- `^1.3.0-rc1` is a **caret** version range that includes pre-releases of `1.3.0` starting at `rc1`. It matches all versions `≥ 1.3.0-rc1` and `< 2.0.0`.
-- `~1.3.0-rc1` is a **tilde** version range that includes pre-releases of `1.3.0` starting at `rc1`. It matches all versions `≥ 1.3.0-rc1` and `< 1.4.0`.
-- `^1.3.0-0` is a **caret** version range that includes _all_ pre-releases of `1.3.0`. It matches all versions `≥ 1.3.0-` and `< 2.0.0`.
-- `~1.3.0-0` is a **tilde** version range that includes _all_ pre-releases of `1.3.0`. It matches all versions `≥ 1.3.0-` and `< 1.4.0`.
-- `nightly` will install the latest nightly build.
-- `1.7-nightly` will install the latest nightly build for the upcoming 1.7 release. This version will only be available during certain phases of the Julia release cycle.
+- `'1.2.0'` is a valid semver version. The action will try to download exactly this version. If it's not available, the build step will fail.
+- `'1.0'` is a version range that will match the highest available Julia version that starts with `1.0`, e.g. `1.0.5`, excluding pre-releases.
+- `'^1.3.0-rc1'` is a **caret** version range that includes pre-releases of `1.3.0` starting at `rc1`. It matches all versions `≥ 1.3.0-rc1` and `< 2.0.0`.
+- `'~1.3.0-rc1'` is a **tilde** version range that includes pre-releases of `1.3.0` starting at `rc1`. It matches all versions `≥ 1.3.0-rc1` and `< 1.4.0`.
+- `'^1.3.0-0'` is a **caret** version range that includes _all_ pre-releases of `1.3.0`. It matches all versions `≥ 1.3.0-` and `< 2.0.0`.
+- `'~1.3.0-0'` is a **tilde** version range that includes _all_ pre-releases of `1.3.0`. It matches all versions `≥ 1.3.0-` and `< 1.4.0`.
+- `'lts'` will install the latest LTS build.
+- `'pre'` will install the latest prerelease build (RCs, betas, and alphas).
+- `'nightly'` will install the latest nightly build.
+- `'1.7-nightly'` will install the latest nightly build for the upcoming 1.7 release. This version will only be available during certain phases of the Julia release cycle.
 
 Internally the action uses node's semver package to resolve version ranges. Its [documentation](https://github.com/npm/node-semver#advanced-range-syntax) contains more details on the version range syntax. You can test what version will be selected for a given input in this JavaScript [REPL](https://repl.it/@SaschaMann/setup-julia-version-logic).
 
@@ -117,7 +128,7 @@ Internally the action uses node's semver package to resolve version ranges. Its
 
 There are two methods of including pre-releases in version matching:
 
-1. Including the pre-release tag in the version itself, e.g. `^1.3.0-rc1`.
+1. Including the pre-release tag in the version itself, e.g. `'^1.3.0-rc1'`.
 2. Setting the input `include-all-prereleases` to `true`.
 
 These behave slightly differently.
@@ -132,7 +143,7 @@ With `include-all-prereleases: true`, it would match `1.3.0-rc1`, `1.3.0-rc2`, `
 If you want to run tests against the latest tagged version, no matter what version that is, you can use
 
 ```yaml
-- uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
+- uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v2
   with:
     version: '1'
     include-all-prereleases: true
@@ -158,9 +169,9 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macOS-latest]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: "Set up Julia"
-        uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
+        uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v2
         with:
           version: ${{ matrix.julia-version }}
       - run: julia -e 'println("Hello, World!")'
@@ -184,9 +195,9 @@ jobs:
             julia-arch: x86
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: "Set up Julia"
-        uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
+        uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v2
         with:
           version: ${{ matrix.julia-version }}
           arch: ${{ matrix.julia-arch }}
@@ -211,9 +222,9 @@ jobs:
             julia-arch: x86
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: "Set up Julia"
-        uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
+        uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v2
         with:
           version: ${{ matrix.julia-version }}
       - run: julia -e 'println("Hello, World!")'
@@ -236,23 +247,44 @@ This action follows [GitHub's advice](https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-
 
 If you don't want to deal with updating the version of the action, similiarly to how Travis CI handles it, use `latest` or major version branches. [Dependabot](https://dependabot.com/) can also be used to automatically create Pull Requests to update actions used in your workflows.
 
-It's unlikely, but not impossible, that there will be breaking changes post-v1.0.0 unless a new major version of Julia is introduced.
+It's unlikely, but not impossible, that there will be breaking changes post-v2.0.0 unless a new major version of Julia is introduced.
 
 You can specify commits, branches or tags in your workflows as follows:
 
 ```yaml
 steps:
-  - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@d3ce119a16594ea9e5d7974813970c73b6ab9e94 # commit SHA of the tagged 1.4.1 commit
+  - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@f2258781c657ad9b4b88072c5eeaf9ec8c370874 # commit SHA of the tagged 2.0.0 commit
   - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@latest  # latest version tag (may break existing workflows)
-  - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1      # major version tag
-  - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1.4    # minor version tag
-  - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1.4.1  # specific version tag
+  - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v2      # major version tag
+  - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v2.0    # minor version tag
+  - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v2.0.0  # specific version tag
 ```
 
 If your workflow requires access to secrets, you should always pin it to a commit SHA instead of a tag.
 This will protect you in case a bad actor gains access to the setup-julia repo.
 You can find more information in [GitHub's security hardening guide](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions/learn-github-actions/security-hardening-for-github-actions#using-third-party-actions).
 
+## Using Dependabot version updates to keep your GitHub Actions up to date
+
+We highly recommend that you set up Dependabot version updates on your repo to keep your GitHub Actions up to date.
+
+To set up Dependabot version updates, create a file named `.github/dependabot.yml` in your repo with the following contents:
+
+```yaml
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "monthly"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 99
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+      - "github-actions"
+```
+
+For more details on Dependabot version updates, see the [GitHub Dependabot documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates).
+
 ## Debug logs
 
 You can enable [Step Debug Logs](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/main/docs/action-debugging.md#step-debug-logs) for more detailed logs.
@@ -261,3 +293,7 @@ Note that when debug logs are enabled, a request will be sent to `https://httpbi
 ## Third party information
 Parts of this software have been derived from other open source software.
 See [THIRD_PARTY_NOTICE.md](THIRD_PARTY_NOTICE.md) for details.
+
+## Contributing to this repo
+
+Please see the README in the [`devdocs/`](devdocs/) folder.

__tests__/installer.test.ts

@@ -4,30 +4,30 @@
 import * as path from 'path'
 
 import * as io from '@actions/io'
-
-import nock = require('nock')
 import * as semver from 'semver'
 
+import nock = require('nock')
+
 const testVersions = [
-    '0.1.2',       '0.2.0',           '0.2.1',          '0.3.0',
-    '0.3.1',       '0.3.10',          '0.3.11',         '0.3.12',
-    '0.3.2',       '0.3.3',           '0.3.4',          '0.3.5',
-    '0.3.6',       '0.3.7',           '0.3.8',          '0.3.9',
-    '0.4.0',       '0.4.0-rc1',       '0.4.0-rc2',      '0.4.0-rc3',
-    '0.4.0-rc4',   '0.4.1',           '0.4.2',          '0.4.3',
-    '0.4.4',       '0.4.5',           '0.4.6',          '0.4.7',
-    '0.5.0',       '0.5.0-rc0',       '0.5.0-rc1',      '0.5.0-rc2',
-    '0.5.0-rc3',   '0.5.0-rc4',       '0.5.1',          '0.5.2',
-    '0.6.0',       '0.6.0-pre.alpha', '0.6.0-pre.beta', '0.6.0-rc1',
-    '0.6.0-rc2',   '0.6.0-rc3',       '0.6.1',          '0.6.2',
-    '0.6.3',       '0.6.4',           '0.7.0',          '0.7.0-alpha',
-    '0.7.0-beta',  '0.7.0-beta2',     '0.7.0-rc1',      '0.7.0-rc2',
-    '0.7.0-rc3',   '1.0.0',           '1.0.0-rc1',      '1.0.1',
-    '1.0.2',       '1.0.3',           '1.0.4',          '1.0.5',
-    '1.1.0',       '1.1.0-rc1',       '1.1.0-rc2',      '1.1.1',
-    '1.2.0',       '1.2.0-rc1',       '1.2.0-rc2',      '1.2.0-rc3',
-    '1.3.0-alpha', '1.3.0-rc1',       '1.3.0-rc2',      '1.3.0-rc3',
-    '1.3.0-rc4'
+    '0.1.2',
+    '0.2.0', '0.2.1',
+    '0.3.0', '0.3.1', '0.3.10', '0.3.11', '0.3.12', '0.3.2', '0.3.3', '0.3.4', '0.3.5', '0.3.6', '0.3.7', '0.3.8', '0.3.9',
+    '0.4.0', '0.4.0-rc1', '0.4.0-rc2', '0.4.0-rc3', '0.4.0-rc4', '0.4.1', '0.4.2', '0.4.3', '0.4.4', '0.4.5', '0.4.6', '0.4.7',
+    '0.5.0', '0.5.0-rc0', '0.5.0-rc1', '0.5.0-rc2', '0.5.0-rc3', '0.5.0-rc4', '0.5.1', '0.5.2',
+    '0.6.0', '0.6.0-pre.alpha', '0.6.0-pre.beta', '0.6.0-rc1', '0.6.0-rc2', '0.6.0-rc3', '0.6.1', '0.6.2', '0.6.3', '0.6.4',
+    '0.7.0', '0.7.0-alpha', '0.7.0-beta', '0.7.0-beta2', '0.7.0-rc1', '0.7.0-rc2', '0.7.0-rc3',
+    '1.0.0', '1.0.0-rc1', '1.0.1', '1.0.2', '1.0.3', '1.0.4', '1.0.5',
+    '1.1.0', '1.1.0-rc1', '1.1.0-rc2', '1.1.1',
+    '1.2.0', '1.2.0-rc1', '1.2.0-rc2', '1.2.0-rc3',
+    '1.3.0', '1.3.0-alpha', '1.3.0-rc1', '1.3.0-rc2', '1.3.0-rc3', '1.3.0-rc4', '1.3.0-rc5', '1.3.1',
+    '1.4.0', '1.4.0-rc1', '1.4.0-rc2', '1.4.1', '1.4.2',
+    '1.5.0', '1.5.0-beta1', '1.5.0-rc1', '1.5.0-rc2', '1.5.1', '1.5.2', '1.5.3', '1.5.4',
+    '1.6.0', '1.6.0-beta1', '1.6.0-rc1', '1.6.0-rc2', '1.6.0-rc3', '1.6.1', '1.6.2', '1.6.3', '1.6.4', '1.6.5', '1.6.6', '1.6.7',
+    '1.7.0', '1.7.0-beta1', '1.7.0-beta2', '1.7.0-beta3', '1.7.0-beta4', '1.7.0-rc1', '1.7.0-rc2', '1.7.0-rc3', '1.7.1', '1.7.2', '1.7.3',
+    '1.8.0', '1.8.0-beta1', '1.8.0-beta2', '1.8.0-beta3', '1.8.0-rc1', '1.8.0-rc2', '1.8.0-rc3', '1.8.0-rc4', '1.8.1', '1.8.2', '1.8.3', '1.8.4', '1.8.5',
+    '1.9.0', '1.9.0-alpha1', '1.9.0-beta1', '1.9.0-beta2', '1.9.0-beta3', '1.9.0-beta4', '1.9.0-rc1', '1.9.0-rc2', '1.9.0-rc3', '1.9.1', '1.9.2', '1.9.3', '1.9.4',
+    '1.10.0', '1.10.0-alpha1', '1.10.0-beta1', '1.10.0-beta2', '1.10.0-beta3', '1.10.0-rc1', '1.10.0-rc2', '1.10.0-rc3', '1.10.1', '1.10.2',
+    '1.11.0-alpha1', '1.11.0-alpha2', '1.11.0-beta1'
 ]
 
 const toolDir = path.join(__dirname, 'runner', 'tools')
@@ -55,22 +55,33 @@ describe('version matching tests', () => {
             expect(installer.getJuliaVersion([], 'nightly')).toEqual('nightly')
             expect(installer.getJuliaVersion(testVersions, 'nightly')).toEqual('nightly')
         })
+
+        it('LTS', () => {
+            // Update test when LTS is updated
+            expect(installer.getJuliaVersion(testVersions, 'lts')).toEqual(installer.getJuliaVersion(testVersions, '1.6'))
+            expect(installer.getJuliaVersion(testVersions, 'lts')).toEqual('1.6.7')
+        })
+
+        it('pre', () => {
+            expect(installer.getJuliaVersion(testVersions, 'pre')).toEqual('1.11.0-beta1')
+        })
     })
 
     describe('version ranges', () => {
         it('Chooses the highest available version that matches the input', () => {
-            expect(installer.getJuliaVersion(testVersions, '1')).toEqual('1.2.0')
+            expect(installer.getJuliaVersion(testVersions, '1')).toEqual('1.10.2')
             expect(installer.getJuliaVersion(testVersions, '1.0')).toEqual('1.0.5')
-            expect(installer.getJuliaVersion(testVersions, '^1.3.0-rc1')).toEqual('1.3.0-rc4')
-            expect(installer.getJuliaVersion(testVersions, '^1.2.0-rc1')).toEqual('1.2.0')
+            expect(installer.getJuliaVersion(testVersions, '^1.3.0-rc1')).toEqual('1.10.2')
+            expect(installer.getJuliaVersion(testVersions, '^1.2.0-rc1')).toEqual('1.10.2')
+            expect(installer.getJuliaVersion(testVersions, '^1.10.0-rc1')).toEqual('1.10.2')
         })
     })
 
     describe('include-prereleases', () => {
         it('Chooses the highest available version that matches the input including prereleases', () => {
-            expect(installer.getJuliaVersion(testVersions, '^1.2.0-0', true)).toEqual('1.3.0-rc4')
-            expect(installer.getJuliaVersion(testVersions, '1', true)).toEqual('1.3.0-rc4')
-            expect(installer.getJuliaVersion(testVersions, '^1.2.0-0', false)).toEqual('1.2.0')
+            expect(installer.getJuliaVersion(testVersions, '^1.2.0-0', true)).toEqual('1.11.0-beta1')
+            expect(installer.getJuliaVersion(testVersions, '1', true)).toEqual('1.11.0-beta1')
+            expect(installer.getJuliaVersion(testVersions, '^1.2.0-0', false)).toEqual('1.10.2')
         })
     })
 

action.yml

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 name: 'Setup Julia environment'
 description: 'Setup a Julia environment and add it to the PATH'
 author: 'Sascha Mann'
-inputs: 
+inputs:
   version:
-    description: 'The Julia version to download (if necessary) and use. Example: 1.0.4'
+    description: 'The Julia version to download (if necessary) and use. Use a string input to avoid unwanted decimal conversion e.g. 1.10 without quotes will be interpreted as 1.1. Examples: "1", "1.10", "lts", "pre"'
     default: '1'
   include-all-prereleases:
     description: 'Include prereleases when matching the Julia version to available versions.'
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ inputs:
   arch:
     description: 'Architecture of the Julia binaries. Defaults to the architecture of the runner executing the job.'
     required: false
-    default: '${{ runner.arch }}'
+    default: 'default'
   show-versioninfo:
     description: 'Display InteractiveUtils.versioninfo() after installing'
     required: false
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ outputs:
   julia-bindir:
     description: 'Path to the directory containing the Julia executable. Equivalent to JULIA_BINDIR: https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/environment-variables/#JULIA_BINDIR'
 runs:
-  using: 'node16'
+  using: 'node20'
   main: 'dist/index.js'
 branding:
   icon: 'download'

devdocs/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Devdocs for the `setup-julia` repo
+
+If you want to make a pull request to this repo, please read the following:
+1. [Local development](local_setup.md)
+
+If you have commit access to this repo, you may be interested in the following:
+1. [Making a new release of this action](making_a_new_release.md)

devdocs/local_setup.md

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# Local development
+
+## 1. Clone the repo
+
+```bash
+git clone git@github.com:julia-actions/setup-julia.git
+cd setup-julia
+```
+
+## 2. Install NodeJS
+
+### Unix, using `asdf` (recommended, but not required)
+
+First, make sure that you have installed [`asdf`](https://asdf-vm.com/) on your local machine.
+
+Then, `cd` to your clone of the repo and run the following commands:
+
+```bash
+asdf plugin add nodejs
+asdf install
+```
+
+This will use `asdf` to install the correct version of NodeJS.
+
+### Unix, but not using `asdf`
+
+Instead of using `asdf`, you can instead choose to install NodeJS manually.
+
+First, check the `.tool-versions` file in this repo, and see what version of NodeJS you need. Then, install that same version of NodejS on your local machine.
+
+### Windows
+
+`asdf` does not (currently) support Windows. So on Windows, you have to install NodeJS manually.
+
+First, check the `.tool-versions` file in this repo, and see what version of NodeJS you need. Then, install that same version of NodejS on your local machine.
+
+## 3. Working locally
+
+First, `cd` to your clone of the repo. Now you can run the following commands:
+
+```bash
+npm ci
+
+npm run build
+```
+
+When you are ready, you can commit your changes and push them to your PR.

devdocs/making_a_new_release.md

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+# Making a new release of this action (requires commit access)
+
+If you have commit access to this repo, you can make a new release.
+
+Here are the instructions.
+
+## Step 1: Clone a fresh copy of the repo
+
+We intentionally work in a brand-new copy of the repo.
+
+```bash
+git clone git@github.com:julia-actions/setup-julia.git
+cd setup-julia
+git checkout master
+git submodule init
+git submodule update
+```
+
+## Step 2: Make sure you have the right version of NodeJS
+
+If you use [`asdf`](https://asdf-vm.com/), this is as simple as:
+
+```bash
+asdf plugin add nodejs
+asdf install
+```
+
+If you don't use `asdf`, then you need to:
+1. Open the `./tool-versions` file in the root of the repo.
+2. Make note of the NodeJS version listed in the `.tool-versions` file.
+3. Install that same version of NodeJS on your machine.
+4. Make sure that you are currently using that version of NodeJS (i.e. it is at the front of your PATH).
+
+## Step 3: Edit the `version` field in `package.json`
+
+```bash
+vim package.json
+
+# Edit the `version` number (should be line 2)
+# Save your changes in Vim. Then exit Vim.
+
+# For the remaining of this guide, let MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH refer
+# to the new version number that you set.
+
+git add package.json
+
+# No need to commit yet.
+# The release script will run `git commit`.
+```
+
+## Step 4: Remove the `dist/` line from the `.gitignore` file
+
+```bash
+vim .gitignore
+# Delete the line that says `dist/` (it should be line 3)
+# Save your changes in Vim. Then exit Vim.
+
+git add .gitignore
+
+# No need to commit yet.
+# The release script will run `git commit`.
+```
+
+## Step 5: Make sure you have the necessary dependencies
+
+The `build-release.sh` script requires the following dependencies:
+
+1. Bash
+2. `curl`
+3. `git`
+4. `jq`
+5. `sed`
+
+## Step 6: Run the `build-release.sh` script
+
+```bash
+ls -l bin/build-release.sh
+chmod +x bin/build-release.sh
+ls -l bin/build-release.sh
+
+./bin/build-release.sh julia-actions/setup-julia
+```
+
+Wait a minute or two. The script will build everything and will create a new release branch named `releases/vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH`.
+
+## Step 7: Push ONLY the `releases/vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH` branch
+
+Only push the `releases/` branch. Do NOT push any tags yet.
+
+```bash
+git push origin releases/vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH
+```
+
+Now you need to go to https://github.com/julia-actions/setup-julia/tree/releases/vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH and wait for CI to finish running.
+
+Do NOT proceed to the next step until CI is all green on the `releases/vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH` branch.
+
+## Step 8: Push the tags (only after CI is all green)
+
+Once CI is all green on the `releases/vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH` branch, you can push the tags.
+
+You need to force-push.
+
+```bash
+git push --tags --force
+```
+
+## Step 9: Use the GitHub web UI to create a new GitHub Release
+
+Go to https://github.com/julia-actions/setup-julia/releases  and create a new release for the now-existant `vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH` tag using the GitHub web interface.
+
+## Step 10: Clean up your local repo
+
+```bash
+git submodule deinit --force .
+git submodule update --init
+git fetch --all --prune
+git checkout master
+git reset --hard origin/master
+```
+
+## Step 11: Delete your local repo
+
+```bash
+cd ..
+ls setup-julia
+rm -rf setup-julia
+```

devdocs/misc/misc_notes_for_committers.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Contributors
+# Misc notes for contributors
 
 ### Checkin
 
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ git commit -m "Informative commit message"  # Commit. This will run Husky
 ```
 
 During the commit step, Husky will take care of formatting all files with [Prettier](https://github.com/prettier/prettier) as well as pruning out devDependencies using `npm prune --production`.
-It will also make sure these changes are appropriately included in your commit (no further work is needed)
+It will also make sure these changes are appropriately included in your commit (no further work is needed)

lib/installer.js

@@ -1,20 +1,44 @@
 "use strict";
-var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, generator) {
-    return new (P || (P = Promise))(function (resolve, reject) {
-        function fulfilled(value) { try { step(generator.next(value)); } catch (e) { reject(e); } }
-        function rejected(value) { try { step(generator["throw"](value)); } catch (e) { reject(e); } }
-        function step(result) { result.done ? resolve(result.value) : new P(function (resolve) { resolve(result.value); }).then(fulfilled, rejected); }
-        step((generator = generator.apply(thisArg, _arguments || [])).next());
-    });
-};
+var __createBinding = (this && this.__createBinding) || (Object.create ? (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    var desc = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(m, k);
+    if (!desc || ("get" in desc ? !m.__esModule : desc.writable || desc.configurable)) {
+      desc = { enumerable: true, get: function() { return m[k]; } };
+    }
+    Object.defineProperty(o, k2, desc);
+}) : (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    o[k2] = m[k];
+}));
+var __setModuleDefault = (this && this.__setModuleDefault) || (Object.create ? (function(o, v) {
+    Object.defineProperty(o, "default", { enumerable: true, value: v });
+}) : function(o, v) {
+    o["default"] = v;
+});
 var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
     if (mod && mod.__esModule) return mod;
     var result = {};
-    if (mod != null) for (var k in mod) if (Object.hasOwnProperty.call(mod, k)) result[k] = mod[k];
-    result["default"] = mod;
+    if (mod != null) for (var k in mod) if (k !== "default" && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(mod, k)) __createBinding(result, mod, k);
+    __setModuleDefault(result, mod);
     return result;
 };
+var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, generator) {
+    function adopt(value) { return value instanceof P ? value : new P(function (resolve) { resolve(value); }); }
+    return new (P || (P = Promise))(function (resolve, reject) {
+        function fulfilled(value) { try { step(generator.next(value)); } catch (e) { reject(e); } }
+        function rejected(value) { try { step(generator["throw"](value)); } catch (e) { reject(e); } }
+        function step(result) { result.done ? resolve(result.value) : adopt(result.value).then(fulfilled, rejected); }
+        step((generator = generator.apply(thisArg, _arguments || [])).next());
+    });
+};
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
+exports.getJuliaVersionInfo = getJuliaVersionInfo;
+exports.getJuliaVersions = getJuliaVersions;
+exports.getJuliaVersion = getJuliaVersion;
+exports.getFileInfo = getFileInfo;
+exports.getDownloadURL = getDownloadURL;
+exports.installJulia = installJulia;
+exports.showVersionInfo = showVersionInfo;
 const core = __importStar(require("@actions/core"));
 const exec = __importStar(require("@actions/exec"));
 const tc = __importStar(require("@actions/tool-cache"));
@@ -24,6 +48,8 @@ const os = __importStar(require("os"));
 const path = __importStar(require("path"));
 const retry = require("async-retry");
 const semver = __importStar(require("semver"));
+const LTS_VERSION = '1.6';
+const MAJOR_VERSION = '1'; // Could be deduced from versions.json
 // Translations between actions input and Julia arch names
 const osMap = {
     'win32': 'winnt',
@@ -66,14 +92,14 @@ function getJuliaVersionInfo() {
         const versionsFile = yield retry((bail) => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
             return yield tc.downloadTool('https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/versions.json');
         }), {
+            retries: 5,
             onRetry: (err) => {
-                core.debug(`Download of versions.json failed, trying again. Error: ${err}`);
+                core.info(`Download of versions.json failed, trying again. Error: ${err}`);
             }
         });
         return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(versionsFile).toString());
     });
 }
-exports.getJuliaVersionInfo = getJuliaVersionInfo;
 /**
  * @returns An array of all Julia versions available for download
  */
@@ -86,12 +112,17 @@ function getJuliaVersions(versionInfo) {
         return versions;
     });
 }
-exports.getJuliaVersions = getJuliaVersions;
 function getJuliaVersion(availableReleases, versionInput, includePrerelease = false) {
     if (semver.valid(versionInput) == versionInput || versionInput.endsWith('nightly')) {
         // versionInput is a valid version or a nightly version, use it directly
         return versionInput;
     }
+    if (versionInput == 'lts') {
+        return getJuliaVersion(availableReleases, LTS_VERSION, false);
+    }
+    if (versionInput == 'pre') {
+        return getJuliaVersion(availableReleases, MAJOR_VERSION, true);
+    }
     // Use the highest available version that matches versionInput
     let version = semver.maxSatisfying(availableReleases, versionInput, { includePrerelease });
     if (version == null) {
@@ -101,15 +132,14 @@ function getJuliaVersion(availableReleases, versionInput, includePrerelease = fa
     version = version.replace(/^v/, '');
     return version;
 }
-exports.getJuliaVersion = getJuliaVersion;
 function getDesiredFileExts() {
     let fileExt1;
     let hasFileExt2;
     let fileExt2;
     if (osPlat == 'win32') {
-        fileExt1 = 'exe';
-        hasFileExt2 = false;
-        fileExt2 = '';
+        fileExt1 = 'tar.gz';
+        hasFileExt2 = true;
+        fileExt2 = 'exe';
     }
     else if (osPlat == 'darwin') {
         fileExt1 = 'tar.gz';
@@ -131,16 +161,46 @@ function getNightlyFileName(arch) {
     let fileExt1;
     [fileExt1, ,] = getDesiredFileExts();
     if (osPlat == 'win32') {
-        versionExt = arch == 'x64' ? '-win64' : '-win32';
+        if (arch == 'x86') {
+            versionExt = '-win32';
+        }
+        else if (arch == 'aarch64') {
+            throw new Error('Aarch64 Julia is not available on Windows');
+        }
+        else if (arch == 'x64') {
+            versionExt = '-win64';
+        }
+        else {
+            throw new Error(`Architecture ${arch} is not supported on Windows`);
+        }
     }
     else if (osPlat == 'darwin') {
         if (arch == 'x86') {
-            throw new Error('32-bit Julia is not available on macOS');
+            throw new Error('32-bit (x86) Julia is not available on macOS');
+        }
+        else if (arch == 'aarch64') {
+            versionExt = '-macaarch64';
+        }
+        else if (arch == 'x64') {
+            versionExt = '-mac64';
+        }
+        else {
+            throw new Error(`Architecture ${arch} is not supported on macOS`);
         }
-        versionExt = '-mac64';
     }
     else if (osPlat === 'linux') {
-        versionExt = arch == 'x64' ? '-linux64' : '-linux32';
+        if (arch == 'x86') {
+            versionExt = '-linux32';
+        }
+        else if (arch == 'aarch64') {
+            versionExt = '-linux-aarch64';
+        }
+        else if (arch == 'x64') {
+            versionExt = '-linux64';
+        }
+        else {
+            throw new Error(`Architecture ${arch} is not supported on Linux`);
+        }
     }
     else {
         throw new Error(`Platform ${osPlat} is not supported`);
@@ -157,6 +217,7 @@ function getFileInfo(versionInfo, version, arch) {
         return null;
     }
     if (!versionInfo[version]) {
+        core.error(`Encountered error: ${err}`);
         throw err;
     }
     for (let file of versionInfo[version].files) {
@@ -175,10 +236,35 @@ function getFileInfo(versionInfo, version, arch) {
                 }
             }
         }
+        // The following block is just to provide improved log messages in the CI logs.
+        // We specifically want to improve the case where someone is trying to install
+        // Julia 1.6 or 1.7 on Apple Silicon (aarch64) macOS.
+        {
+            const one_fileext_is_targz = (fileExt1 == "tar.gz") || (fileExt2 == "tar.gz");
+            const one_fileext_is_dmg = (fileExt1 == "dmg") || (fileExt2 == "dmg");
+            const one_fileext_is_targz_and_other_is_dmg = one_fileext_is_targz && one_fileext_is_dmg;
+            // We say that "this Julia version does NOT have native binaries for Apple Silicon"
+            // if and only if "this Julia version is < 1.8.0"
+            const this_julia_version_does_NOT_have_native_binaries_for_apple_silicon = semver.lt(version, '1.8.0');
+            const this_is_macos = osPlat == 'darwin';
+            if (this_is_macos && one_fileext_is_targz_and_other_is_dmg && this_julia_version_does_NOT_have_native_binaries_for_apple_silicon) {
+                const msg = `It looks like you are trying to install Julia 1.6 or 1.7 on ` +
+                    `the "macos-latest" runners.\n` +
+                    `"macos-latest" now resolves to "macos-14", which run on Apple ` +
+                    `Silicon (aarch64) macOS machines.\n` +
+                    `Unfortunately, Julia 1.6 and 1.7 do not have native binaries ` +
+                    `available for Apple Silicon macOS.\n` +
+                    `Therefore, it is not possible to install Julia with the current ` +
+                    `constraints.\n` +
+                    `For instructions on how to fix this error, please see the following Discourse post: ` +
+                    `https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-fix-github-actions-ci-failures-with-julia-1-6-or-1-7-on-macos-latest-and-macos-14/117019`;
+                core.error(msg);
+            }
+        }
     }
+    core.error(`Encountered error: ${err}`);
     throw err;
 }
-exports.getFileInfo = getFileInfo;
 function getDownloadURL(fileInfo, version, arch) {
     const baseURL = `https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/${osMap[osPlat]}/${arch}`;
     // release branch nightlies, e.g. 1.6-nightlies should return .../bin/linux/x64/1.6/julia-latest-linux64.tar.gz
@@ -196,8 +282,7 @@ function getDownloadURL(fileInfo, version, arch) {
     }
     return fileInfo.url;
 }
-exports.getDownloadURL = getDownloadURL;
-function installJulia(versionInfo, version, arch) {
+function installJulia(dest, versionInfo, version, arch) {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         // Download Julia
         const fileInfo = getFileInfo(versionInfo, version, arch);
@@ -208,8 +293,9 @@ function installJulia(versionInfo, version, arch) {
         const juliaDownloadPath = yield retry((bail) => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
             return yield tc.downloadTool(downloadURL);
         }), {
+            retries: 5,
             onRetry: (err) => {
-                core.debug(`Download of ${downloadURL} failed, trying again. Error: ${err}`);
+                core.info(`Download of ${downloadURL} failed, trying again. Error: ${err}`);
             }
         });
         // Verify checksum
@@ -223,40 +309,46 @@ function installJulia(versionInfo, version, arch) {
         else {
             core.debug('Skipping checksum check for nightly binaries.');
         }
-        const tempInstallDir = fs.mkdtempSync(`julia-${arch}-${version}-`);
         // Install it
         switch (osPlat) {
             case 'linux':
                 // tc.extractTar doesn't support stripping components, so we have to call tar manually
-                yield exec.exec('tar', ['xf', juliaDownloadPath, '--strip-components=1', '-C', tempInstallDir]);
-                return tempInstallDir;
+                yield exec.exec('tar', ['xf', juliaDownloadPath, '--strip-components=1', '-C', dest]);
+                return dest;
             case 'win32':
-                if (version.endsWith('nightly') || semver.gtr(version, '1.3', { includePrerelease: true })) {
-                    // The installer changed in 1.4: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/ef0c9108b12f3ae177c51037934351ffa703b0b5/NEWS.md#build-system-changes
-                    yield exec.exec('powershell', ['-Command', `Start-Process -FilePath ${juliaDownloadPath} -ArgumentList "/SILENT /dir=${path.join(process.cwd(), tempInstallDir)}" -NoNewWindow -Wait`]);
+                if (fileInfo !== null && fileInfo.extension == 'exe') {
+                    if (version.endsWith('nightly') || semver.gtr(version, '1.3', { includePrerelease: true })) {
+                        // The installer changed in 1.4: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/ef0c9108b12f3ae177c51037934351ffa703b0b5/NEWS.md#build-system-changes
+                        yield exec.exec('powershell', ['-Command', `Start-Process -FilePath ${juliaDownloadPath} -ArgumentList "/SILENT /dir=${path.join(process.cwd(), dest)}" -NoNewWindow -Wait`]);
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        yield exec.exec('powershell', ['-Command', `Start-Process -FilePath ${juliaDownloadPath} -ArgumentList "/S /D=${path.join(process.cwd(), dest)}" -NoNewWindow -Wait`]);
+                    }
                 }
                 else {
-                    yield exec.exec('powershell', ['-Command', `Start-Process -FilePath ${juliaDownloadPath} -ArgumentList "/S /D=${path.join(process.cwd(), tempInstallDir)}" -NoNewWindow -Wait`]);
+                    // This is the more common path. Using .tar.gz is much faster
+                    // don't use the Git bash provided tar. Issue #205
+                    // https://github.com/julia-actions/setup-julia/issues/205
+                    yield exec.exec('powershell', ['-Command', `& "$env:WINDIR/System32/tar" xf ${juliaDownloadPath} --strip-components=1 -C ${dest}`]);
                 }
-                return tempInstallDir;
+                return dest;
             case 'darwin':
                 if (fileInfo !== null && fileInfo.extension == 'dmg') {
                     core.debug(`Support for .dmg files is deprecated and may be removed in a future release`);
                     yield exec.exec('hdiutil', ['attach', juliaDownloadPath]);
-                    yield exec.exec('/bin/bash', ['-c', `cp -a /Volumes/Julia-*/Julia-*.app/Contents/Resources/julia ${tempInstallDir}`]);
-                    return path.join(tempInstallDir, 'julia');
+                    yield exec.exec('/bin/bash', ['-c', `cp -a /Volumes/Julia-*/Julia-*.app/Contents/Resources/julia ${dest}`]);
+                    return path.join(dest, 'julia');
                 }
                 else {
                     // tc.extractTar doesn't support stripping components, so we have to call tar manually
-                    yield exec.exec('tar', ['xf', juliaDownloadPath, '--strip-components=1', '-C', tempInstallDir]);
-                    return tempInstallDir;
+                    yield exec.exec('tar', ['xf', juliaDownloadPath, '--strip-components=1', '-C', dest]);
+                    return dest;
                 }
             default:
                 throw new Error(`Platform ${osPlat} is not supported`);
         }
     });
 }
-exports.installJulia = installJulia;
 /**
  * Test if Julia has been installed and print the version.
  *
@@ -293,4 +385,3 @@ function showVersionInfo(showVersionInfoInput, version) {
         }
     });
 }
-exports.showVersionInfo = showVersionInfo;

lib/setup-julia.js

@@ -1,33 +1,52 @@
 "use strict";
-var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, generator) {
-    return new (P || (P = Promise))(function (resolve, reject) {
-        function fulfilled(value) { try { step(generator.next(value)); } catch (e) { reject(e); } }
-        function rejected(value) { try { step(generator["throw"](value)); } catch (e) { reject(e); } }
-        function step(result) { result.done ? resolve(result.value) : new P(function (resolve) { resolve(result.value); }).then(fulfilled, rejected); }
-        step((generator = generator.apply(thisArg, _arguments || [])).next());
-    });
-};
+var __createBinding = (this && this.__createBinding) || (Object.create ? (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    var desc = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(m, k);
+    if (!desc || ("get" in desc ? !m.__esModule : desc.writable || desc.configurable)) {
+      desc = { enumerable: true, get: function() { return m[k]; } };
+    }
+    Object.defineProperty(o, k2, desc);
+}) : (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    o[k2] = m[k];
+}));
+var __setModuleDefault = (this && this.__setModuleDefault) || (Object.create ? (function(o, v) {
+    Object.defineProperty(o, "default", { enumerable: true, value: v });
+}) : function(o, v) {
+    o["default"] = v;
+});
 var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
     if (mod && mod.__esModule) return mod;
     var result = {};
-    if (mod != null) for (var k in mod) if (Object.hasOwnProperty.call(mod, k)) result[k] = mod[k];
-    result["default"] = mod;
+    if (mod != null) for (var k in mod) if (k !== "default" && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(mod, k)) __createBinding(result, mod, k);
+    __setModuleDefault(result, mod);
     return result;
 };
+var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, generator) {
+    function adopt(value) { return value instanceof P ? value : new P(function (resolve) { resolve(value); }); }
+    return new (P || (P = Promise))(function (resolve, reject) {
+        function fulfilled(value) { try { step(generator.next(value)); } catch (e) { reject(e); } }
+        function rejected(value) { try { step(generator["throw"](value)); } catch (e) { reject(e); } }
+        function step(result) { result.done ? resolve(result.value) : adopt(result.value).then(fulfilled, rejected); }
+        step((generator = generator.apply(thisArg, _arguments || [])).next());
+    });
+};
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
 const core = __importStar(require("@actions/core"));
 const tc = __importStar(require("@actions/tool-cache"));
 const fs = __importStar(require("fs"));
 const https = __importStar(require("https"));
+const os = __importStar(require("os"));
 const path = __importStar(require("path"));
 const installer = __importStar(require("./installer"));
+// Note: before we index into this dict, we always first do `.toLowerCase()` on
+// the key.
+//
+// Therefore, this dict does not need to account for differences in case.
 const archSynonyms = {
     'x86': 'x86',
-    'X86': 'x86',
     'x64': 'x64',
-    'X64': 'x64',
     'aarch64': 'aarch64',
-    'ARM64': 'aarch64',
     'arm64': 'aarch64'
 };
 function run() {
@@ -48,22 +67,39 @@ function run() {
                     core.debug(`ERROR: Could not retrieve runner IP: ${err}`);
                 });
             }
-            // Inputs
-            const versionInput = core.getInput('version');
-            const includePrereleases = core.getInput('include-all-prereleases') == 'true';
-            const originalArchInput = core.getInput('arch');
+            // Inputs.
+            // Note that we intentionally strip leading and lagging whitespace by using `.trim()`
+            const versionInput = core.getInput('version').trim();
+            const includePrereleases = core.getInput('include-all-prereleases').trim() == 'true';
+            const originalArchInput = core.getInput('arch').trim();
             // It can easily happen that, for example, a workflow file contains an input `version: ${{ matrix.julia-version }}`
             // while the strategy matrix only contains a key `${{ matrix.version }}`.
             // In that case, we want the action to fail, rather than trying to download julia from an URL that's missing parts and 404ing.
             // We _could_ fall back to the default but that means that builds silently do things differently than they're meant to, which
             // is worse than failing the build.
-            if (!versionInput) {
+            if (!versionInput) { // if `versionInput` is an empty string
                 throw new Error('Version input must not be null');
             }
-            if (!originalArchInput) {
+            if (versionInput == '1.6') {
+                core.notice('[setup-julia] If you are testing 1.6 as a Long Term Support (lts) version, consider using the new "lts" version specifier instead of "1.6" explicitly, which will automatically resolve the current lts.');
+            }
+            if (!originalArchInput) { // if `originalArchInput` is an empty string
                 throw new Error(`Arch input must not be null`);
             }
-            const arch = archSynonyms[originalArchInput];
+            let processedArchInput;
+            if (originalArchInput == "default") {
+                // If the user sets the `arch` input to `default`, then we use the
+                // architecture of the machine that we are running on.
+                processedArchInput = os.arch();
+                core.debug(`The "arch" input is "default", so we will use the machine arch: ${processedArchInput}`);
+            }
+            else {
+                processedArchInput = originalArchInput;
+            }
+            // Note: we convert the key `processedArchInput` to lower case
+            // before we index into the `archSynonyms` dict.
+            const arch = archSynonyms[processedArchInput.toLowerCase()];
+            core.debug(`Mapped the "arch" from ${processedArchInput} to ${arch}`);
             const versionInfo = yield installer.getJuliaVersionInfo();
             const availableReleases = yield installer.getJuliaVersions(versionInfo);
             const version = installer.getJuliaVersion(availableReleases, versionInput, includePrereleases);
@@ -74,12 +110,18 @@ function run() {
             juliaPath = tc.find('julia', version, arch);
             if (!juliaPath) {
                 core.debug(`could not find Julia ${arch}/${version} in cache`);
-                const juliaInstallationPath = yield installer.installJulia(versionInfo, version, arch);
-                // Add it to cache
-                juliaPath = yield tc.cacheDir(juliaInstallationPath, 'julia', version, arch);
+                // https://github.com/julia-actions/setup-julia/pull/196
+                // we want julia to be installed with unmodified file mtimes
+                // but `tc.cacheDir` uses `cp` internally which destroys mtime
+                // and `tc` provides no API to get the tool directory alone
+                // so hack it by installing a empty directory then use the path it returns
+                // and extract the archives directly to that location
+                const emptyDir = fs.mkdtempSync('empty');
+                juliaPath = yield tc.cacheDir(emptyDir, 'julia', version, arch);
+                yield installer.installJulia(juliaPath, versionInfo, version, arch);
                 core.debug(`added Julia to cache: ${juliaPath}`);
-                // Remove temporary dir
-                fs.rmdirSync(juliaInstallationPath, { recursive: true });
+                // Remove empty dir
+                fs.rmdirSync(emptyDir);
             }
             else {
                 core.debug(`using cached version of Julia: ${juliaPath}`);

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "setup-julia",
-  "version": "1.9.1",
+  "version": "2.3.0",
   "private": true,
   "description": "setup Julia action",
   "main": "lib/setup-julia.js",
@@ -21,24 +21,25 @@
   "author": "Sascha Mann <git@mail.saschamann.eu>",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
-    "@actions/exec": "^1.0.0",
-    "@actions/io": "^1.0.0",
-    "@actions/tool-cache": "^1.0.0",
-    "async-retry": "^1.3.1",
-    "semver": "^6.3.0"
+    "@actions/core": "^1.10.1",
+    "@actions/exec": "^1.1.1",
+    "@actions/io": "^1.1.3",
+    "@actions/tool-cache": "^2.0.1",
+    "async-retry": "^1.3.3",
+    "semver": "^7.6.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/async-retry": "^1.4.2",
-    "@types/jest": "^24.0.13",
-    "@types/node": "^12.12.7",
-    "@types/semver": "^6.0.0",
-    "@zeit/ncc": "^0.22.0",
-    "jest": "^24.8.0",
-    "jest-circus": "^24.7.1",
-    "nock": "^11.7.2",
-    "prettier": "^1.17.1",
-    "ts-jest": "^26.0.0",
-    "typescript": "^3.5.1"
+    "@types/async-retry": "^1.4.8",
+    "@types/jest": "^29.5.12",
+    "@types/node": "^20.14.11",
+    "@types/retry": "^0.12.5",
+    "@types/semver": "^7.5.8",
+    "@vercel/ncc": "^0.38.1",
+    "jest": "^29.7.0",
+    "jest-circus": "^29.7.0",
+    "nock": "^13.5.4",
+    "prettier": "^3.3.3",
+    "ts-jest": "^29.2.3",
+    "typescript": "^5.5.3"
   }
 }

src/installer.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ import retry = require('async-retry')
 
 import * as semver from 'semver'
 
+const LTS_VERSION = '1.6'
+const MAJOR_VERSION = '1' // Could be deduced from versions.json
+
 // Translations between actions input and Julia arch names
 const osMap = {
     'win32': 'winnt',
@@ -54,8 +57,9 @@ export async function getJuliaVersionInfo(): Promise<object> {
     const versionsFile = await retry(async (bail: Function) => {
         return await tc.downloadTool('https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/versions.json')
     }, {
+        retries: 5,
         onRetry: (err: Error) => {
-            core.debug(`Download of versions.json failed, trying again. Error: ${err}`)
+            core.info(`Download of versions.json failed, trying again. Error: ${err}`)
         }
     })
 
@@ -81,6 +85,14 @@ export function getJuliaVersion(availableReleases: string[], versionInput: strin
         return versionInput
     }
 
+    if (versionInput == 'lts') {
+        return getJuliaVersion(availableReleases, LTS_VERSION, false)
+    }
+
+    if (versionInput == 'pre') {
+        return getJuliaVersion(availableReleases, MAJOR_VERSION, true)
+    }
+
     // Use the highest available version that matches versionInput
     let version = semver.maxSatisfying(availableReleases, versionInput, {includePrerelease})
     if (version == null) {
@@ -99,9 +111,9 @@ function getDesiredFileExts(): [string, boolean, string] {
     let fileExt2: string
 
     if (osPlat == 'win32') {
-        fileExt1 = 'exe'
-        hasFileExt2 = false
-        fileExt2 = ''
+        fileExt1 = 'tar.gz'
+        hasFileExt2 = true
+        fileExt2 = 'exe'
     } else if (osPlat == 'darwin') {
         fileExt1 = 'tar.gz'
         hasFileExt2 = true
@@ -123,14 +135,35 @@ function getNightlyFileName(arch: string): string {
     [fileExt1, , ] = getDesiredFileExts()
 
     if (osPlat == 'win32') {
-        versionExt = arch == 'x64' ? '-win64' : '-win32'
+        if (arch == 'x86') {
+            versionExt = '-win32'
+        } else if (arch == 'aarch64') {
+            throw new Error('Aarch64 Julia is not available on Windows')
+        } else if (arch == 'x64') {
+            versionExt = '-win64'
+        } else {
+            throw new Error(`Architecture ${arch} is not supported on Windows`)
+        }
     } else if (osPlat == 'darwin') {
         if (arch == 'x86') {
-            throw new Error('32-bit Julia is not available on macOS')
+            throw new Error('32-bit (x86) Julia is not available on macOS')
+        } else if (arch == 'aarch64') {
+            versionExt = '-macaarch64'
+        } else if (arch == 'x64') {
+            versionExt = '-mac64'
+        } else {
+            throw new Error(`Architecture ${arch} is not supported on macOS`)
         }
-        versionExt = '-mac64'
     } else if (osPlat === 'linux') {
-        versionExt = arch == 'x64' ? '-linux64' : '-linux32'
+        if (arch == 'x86') {
+            versionExt = '-linux32'
+        } else if (arch == 'aarch64') {
+            versionExt = '-linux-aarch64'
+        } else if (arch == 'x64') {
+            versionExt = '-linux64'
+        } else {
+            throw new Error(`Architecture ${arch} is not supported on Linux`)
+        }
     } else {
         throw new Error(`Platform ${osPlat} is not supported`)
     }
@@ -151,6 +184,7 @@ export function getFileInfo(versionInfo, version: string, arch: string) {
     }
 
     if (!versionInfo[version]) {
+       core.error(`Encountered error: ${err}`)
        throw err
     }
 
@@ -171,8 +205,39 @@ export function getFileInfo(versionInfo, version: string, arch: string) {
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        // The following block is just to provide improved log messages in the CI logs.
+        // We specifically want to improve the case where someone is trying to install
+        // Julia 1.6 or 1.7 on Apple Silicon (aarch64) macOS.
+        {
+            const one_fileext_is_targz = (fileExt1 == "tar.gz") || (fileExt2 == "tar.gz");
+            const one_fileext_is_dmg = (fileExt1 == "dmg") || (fileExt2 == "dmg");
+            const one_fileext_is_targz_and_other_is_dmg = one_fileext_is_targz && one_fileext_is_dmg;
+
+            // We say that "this Julia version does NOT have native binaries for Apple Silicon"
+            // if and only if "this Julia version is < 1.8.0"
+            const this_julia_version_does_NOT_have_native_binaries_for_apple_silicon = semver.lt(
+                version,
+                '1.8.0',
+            );
+            const this_is_macos = osPlat == 'darwin';
+            if (this_is_macos && one_fileext_is_targz_and_other_is_dmg && this_julia_version_does_NOT_have_native_binaries_for_apple_silicon) {
+                const msg = `It looks like you are trying to install Julia 1.6 or 1.7 on ` +
+                            `the "macos-latest" runners.\n` +
+                            `"macos-latest" now resolves to "macos-14", which run on Apple ` +
+                            `Silicon (aarch64) macOS machines.\n` +
+                            `Unfortunately, Julia 1.6 and 1.7 do not have native binaries ` +
+                            `available for Apple Silicon macOS.\n` +
+                            `Therefore, it is not possible to install Julia with the current ` +
+                            `constraints.\n` +
+                            `For instructions on how to fix this error, please see the following Discourse post: ` +
+                            `https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-fix-github-actions-ci-failures-with-julia-1-6-or-1-7-on-macos-latest-and-macos-14/117019`
+                core.error(msg);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
+    core.error(`Encountered error: ${err}`)
     throw err
 }
 
@@ -197,7 +262,7 @@ export function getDownloadURL(fileInfo, version: string, arch: string): string
     return fileInfo.url
 }
 
-export async function installJulia(versionInfo, version: string, arch: string): Promise<string> {
+export async function installJulia(dest: string, versionInfo, version: string, arch: string): Promise<string> {
     // Download Julia
     const fileInfo = getFileInfo(versionInfo, version, arch)
     const downloadURL = getDownloadURL(fileInfo, version, arch)
@@ -208,8 +273,9 @@ export async function installJulia(versionInfo, version: string, arch: string):
     const juliaDownloadPath = await retry(async (bail: Function) => {
         return await tc.downloadTool(downloadURL)
     }, {
+        retries: 5,
         onRetry: (err: Error) => {
-            core.debug(`Download of ${downloadURL} failed, trying again. Error: ${err}`)
+            core.info(`Download of ${downloadURL} failed, trying again. Error: ${err}`)
         }
     })
 
@@ -224,32 +290,37 @@ export async function installJulia(versionInfo, version: string, arch: string):
         core.debug('Skipping checksum check for nightly binaries.')
     }
 
-    const tempInstallDir = fs.mkdtempSync(`julia-${arch}-${version}-`)
-
     // Install it
     switch (osPlat) {
         case 'linux':
             // tc.extractTar doesn't support stripping components, so we have to call tar manually
-            await exec.exec('tar', ['xf', juliaDownloadPath, '--strip-components=1', '-C', tempInstallDir])
-            return tempInstallDir
+            await exec.exec('tar', ['xf', juliaDownloadPath, '--strip-components=1', '-C', dest])
+            return dest
         case 'win32':
-            if (version.endsWith('nightly') || semver.gtr(version, '1.3', {includePrerelease: true})) {
-                // The installer changed in 1.4: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/ef0c9108b12f3ae177c51037934351ffa703b0b5/NEWS.md#build-system-changes
-                await exec.exec('powershell', ['-Command', `Start-Process -FilePath ${juliaDownloadPath} -ArgumentList "/SILENT /dir=${path.join(process.cwd(), tempInstallDir)}" -NoNewWindow -Wait`])
+            if (fileInfo !== null && fileInfo.extension == 'exe') {
+                if (version.endsWith('nightly') || semver.gtr(version, '1.3', {includePrerelease: true})) {
+                    // The installer changed in 1.4: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/ef0c9108b12f3ae177c51037934351ffa703b0b5/NEWS.md#build-system-changes
+                    await exec.exec('powershell', ['-Command', `Start-Process -FilePath ${juliaDownloadPath} -ArgumentList "/SILENT /dir=${path.join(process.cwd(), dest)}" -NoNewWindow -Wait`])
+                } else {
+                    await exec.exec('powershell', ['-Command', `Start-Process -FilePath ${juliaDownloadPath} -ArgumentList "/S /D=${path.join(process.cwd(), dest)}" -NoNewWindow -Wait`])
+                }
             } else {
-                await exec.exec('powershell', ['-Command', `Start-Process -FilePath ${juliaDownloadPath} -ArgumentList "/S /D=${path.join(process.cwd(), tempInstallDir)}" -NoNewWindow -Wait`])
+                // This is the more common path. Using .tar.gz is much faster
+                // don't use the Git bash provided tar. Issue #205
+                // https://github.com/julia-actions/setup-julia/issues/205
+                await exec.exec('powershell', ['-Command', `& "$env:WINDIR/System32/tar" xf ${juliaDownloadPath} --strip-components=1 -C ${dest}`])
             }
-            return tempInstallDir
+            return dest
         case 'darwin':
             if (fileInfo !== null && fileInfo.extension == 'dmg') {
                 core.debug(`Support for .dmg files is deprecated and may be removed in a future release`)
                 await exec.exec('hdiutil', ['attach', juliaDownloadPath])
-                await exec.exec('/bin/bash', ['-c', `cp -a /Volumes/Julia-*/Julia-*.app/Contents/Resources/julia ${tempInstallDir}`])
-                return path.join(tempInstallDir, 'julia')
+                await exec.exec('/bin/bash', ['-c', `cp -a /Volumes/Julia-*/Julia-*.app/Contents/Resources/julia ${dest}`])
+                return path.join(dest, 'julia')
             } else {
                 // tc.extractTar doesn't support stripping components, so we have to call tar manually
-                await exec.exec('tar', ['xf', juliaDownloadPath, '--strip-components=1', '-C', tempInstallDir])
-                return tempInstallDir
+                await exec.exec('tar', ['xf', juliaDownloadPath, '--strip-components=1', '-C', dest])
+                return dest
             }
         default:
             throw new Error(`Platform ${osPlat} is not supported`)

src/setup-julia.ts

@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
-import * as exec from '@actions/exec'
 import * as tc from '@actions/tool-cache'
 
 import * as fs from 'fs'
 import * as https from 'https'
+import * as os from 'os'
 import * as path from 'path'
 
 import * as installer from './installer'
 
+// Note: before we index into this dict, we always first do `.toLowerCase()` on
+// the key.
+//
+// Therefore, this dict does not need to account for differences in case.
 const archSynonyms = {
     'x86': 'x86',
-    'X86': 'x86',
     'x64': 'x64',
-    'X64': 'x64',
     'aarch64': 'aarch64',
-    'ARM64': 'aarch64',
     'arm64': 'aarch64'
 }
 
@@ -38,24 +39,40 @@ async function run() {
             })
         }
 
-        // Inputs
-        const versionInput = core.getInput('version')
-        const includePrereleases = core.getInput('include-all-prereleases') == 'true'
-        const originalArchInput = core.getInput('arch')
+        // Inputs.
+        // Note that we intentionally strip leading and lagging whitespace by using `.trim()`
+        const versionInput = core.getInput('version').trim()
+        const includePrereleases = core.getInput('include-all-prereleases').trim() == 'true'
+        const originalArchInput = core.getInput('arch').trim()
 
         // It can easily happen that, for example, a workflow file contains an input `version: ${{ matrix.julia-version }}`
         // while the strategy matrix only contains a key `${{ matrix.version }}`.
         // In that case, we want the action to fail, rather than trying to download julia from an URL that's missing parts and 404ing.
         // We _could_ fall back to the default but that means that builds silently do things differently than they're meant to, which
         // is worse than failing the build.
-        if (!versionInput) {
+        if (!versionInput) { // if `versionInput` is an empty string
             throw new Error('Version input must not be null')
         }
-        if (!originalArchInput) {
+        if (versionInput == '1.6') {
+            core.notice('[setup-julia] If you are testing 1.6 as a Long Term Support (lts) version, consider using the new "lts" version specifier instead of "1.6" explicitly, which will automatically resolve the current lts.')
+        }
+        if (!originalArchInput) { // if `originalArchInput` is an empty string
             throw new Error(`Arch input must not be null`)
         }
 
-        const arch = archSynonyms[originalArchInput]
+        let processedArchInput: string;
+        if (originalArchInput == "default") {
+            // If the user sets the `arch` input to `default`, then we use the
+            // architecture of the machine that we are running on.
+            processedArchInput = os.arch();
+            core.debug(`The "arch" input is "default", so we will use the machine arch: ${processedArchInput}`)
+        } else {
+            processedArchInput = originalArchInput;
+        }
+        // Note: we convert the key `processedArchInput` to lower case
+        // before we index into the `archSynonyms` dict.
+        const arch = archSynonyms[processedArchInput.toLowerCase()]
+        core.debug(`Mapped the "arch" from ${processedArchInput} to ${arch}`)
 
         const versionInfo = await installer.getJuliaVersionInfo()
         const availableReleases = await installer.getJuliaVersions(versionInfo)
@@ -69,14 +86,21 @@ async function run() {
 
         if (!juliaPath) {
             core.debug(`could not find Julia ${arch}/${version} in cache`)
-            const juliaInstallationPath = await installer.installJulia(versionInfo, version, arch)
 
-            // Add it to cache
-            juliaPath = await tc.cacheDir(juliaInstallationPath, 'julia', version, arch)
+            // https://github.com/julia-actions/setup-julia/pull/196
+            // we want julia to be installed with unmodified file mtimes
+            // but `tc.cacheDir` uses `cp` internally which destroys mtime
+            // and `tc` provides no API to get the tool directory alone
+            // so hack it by installing a empty directory then use the path it returns
+            // and extract the archives directly to that location
+            const emptyDir = fs.mkdtempSync('empty')
+            juliaPath = await tc.cacheDir(emptyDir, 'julia', version, arch)
+            await installer.installJulia(juliaPath, versionInfo, version, arch)
+
             core.debug(`added Julia to cache: ${juliaPath}`)
 
-            // Remove temporary dir
-            fs.rmdirSync(juliaInstallationPath, {recursive: true})
+            // Remove empty dir
+            fs.rmdirSync(emptyDir)
         } else {
             core.debug(`using cached version of Julia: ${juliaPath}`)
         }
@@ -91,7 +115,7 @@ async function run() {
         const showVersionInfoInput = core.getInput('show-versioninfo')
         await installer.showVersionInfo(showVersionInfoInput, version)
     } catch (error) {
-        core.setFailed(error.message)
+        core.setFailed((error as Error).message)
     }
 }