From a8c4ac49957cbbdff6c91fcabc85c89465a57add Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ThomasTJdev <ttj@ttj.dk>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 21:40:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] update workflow

---
 .github/workflows/main.yml | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index d8b4ae0..8b313e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -16,25 +16,64 @@ jobs:
           - windows-latest
           - macOS-latest
         version:
-          - stable
+          - binary:stable
+          - binary:1.6.8
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-    - uses: jiro4989/setup-nim-action@master
-      with:
-        nim-version: ${{ matrix.version }}
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-    - name: Print Nim version
-      run: nim -v
 
-    - name: Print Nimble version
-      run: nimble -v
+      #
+      # Nim
+      #
+      - name: Cache Nim binaries
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            nimdir
+            ~/.nimble
+          key: "nim-${{ matrix.version }}-${{ matrix.os }}"
 
-    - name: Nimble Refresh
-      run: nimble -y refresh
+      - name: Check for cached Nim binaries
+        id: nim-binaries-cache
+        run: |
+          if [ -f "nimdir/bin/nim" ]; then
+            echo "found=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "found=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
 
-    - name: Nimble Install dependencies
-      run: nimble -y install --depsOnly
+      - name: Install Nim (if not cached)
+        if: steps.nim-binaries-cache.outputs.found == 'false'
+        uses: iffy/install-nim@v5
+        with:
+          version: ${{ matrix.version }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-    - name: Build binaries
-      run: nimble build -d:release
\ No newline at end of file
+      - name: Add cached Nim to PATH
+        if: steps.nim-binaries-cache.outputs.found == 'true'
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ github.workspace }}/nimdir/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+          echo "$HOME/.nimble/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
+
+      #
+      # Nim
+      #
+      - name: Print Nim version
+        run: |
+          nim -v
+
+      - name: Print Nimble version
+        run: |
+          nimble -v
+
+      - name: Nimble Refresh
+        run: nimble -y refresh
+
+      - name: Nimble Install dependencies
+        run: nimble -y install --depsOnly
+
+      - name: Build binaries
+        run: nimble build -d:release
\ No newline at end of file

From 601ff8fbf36ef9b3caf330e05f640ba0d7043174 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ThomasTJdev <ttj@ttj.dk>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 21:42:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] mac nim binary not available

---
 .github/workflows/main.yml | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 8b313e9..2492373 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ jobs:
           - windows-latest
           - macOS-latest
         version:
-          - binary:stable
-          - binary:1.6.8
+          - stable
+          - 1.6.8
+          # - binary:stable
+          # - binary:1.6.8
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

From 2a49b3d1e91b78ff89665c1ceb0b36558e25da61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ThomasTJdev <ttj@ttj.dk>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 21:44:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] 1.6.18

---
 .github/workflows/main.yml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 2492373..0151441 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ jobs:
           - macOS-latest
         version:
           - stable
-          - 1.6.8
+          - 1.6.18
           # - binary:stable
-          # - binary:1.6.8
+          # - binary:1.6.18
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

From da0e8dc4ee1c81dd1902865d122bae4f7ed225f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ThomasTJdev <ttj@ttj.dk>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 21:45:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] only linux

---
 .github/workflows/main.yml | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 0151441..d4e7d0c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest
-          - windows-latest
-          - macOS-latest
+          # - windows-latest
+          # - macOS-latest
         version:
-          - stable
-          - 1.6.18
-          # - binary:stable
-          # - binary:1.6.18
+          # - stable
+          # - 1.6.18
+          - binary:stable
+          - binary:1.6.18
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

From 86be0f7189c1d219f6aac51a162ad4cb25e67fc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ThomasTJdev <ttj@ttj.dk>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 05:08:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Allow dispatching

---
 .github/workflows/main.yml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index d4e7d0c..8fc216c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
     branches: [ master ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ master ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   build: