From 900518b44b8923cd42f296c8e6ec422d882a2f9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Declan Tsien <declantsien@riseup.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 09:51:38 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Frees up disk space on GitHub Ubuntu runners

---
 .github/actions/free-disk-space/action.yml | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/checks.yaml              |  1 +
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/actions/free-disk-space/action.yml

diff --git a/.github/actions/free-disk-space/action.yml b/.github/actions/free-disk-space/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..66052cbafc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/free-disk-space/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# this name is currently not visible on GitHub due to https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/1877
+name: "Free disk space"
+description: "Frees up disk space on GitHub Ubuntu runners"
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
+      with:
+
+        # These 5 options give back ~32Gb. If that's not enough, the remaining flags can be set to `true` at the expense
+        # of this action taking longer to finish
+        android: true
+        dotnet: true
+        haskell: true
+        docker-images: true
+        swap-storage: true
+
+        large-packages: false
+        tool-cache: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
index 7ca13b5c187..2263b82012e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
+    - uses: ./.github/actions/free-disk-space
     - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v24
 
     - name: Nix Flake Check