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Add support for getting a temporary directory #518

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@konradpabjan

The runner has a temporary directory that gets cleaned up after each job. You can access it by doing process.env['RUNNER_TEMP'], this can be used for a lot of things such as creating temporary files for tests or during a job and users don't need to worry about this being cleaned up.

A lot of first party actions and third party actions could use this. A lot of first party actions are in-fact using the temp directory currently:

  • cache
  • tool-cache
  • setup-java and setup-python will soon be using the temp directory too for a variety of things

A method should be added to either @actions/io or @actions/core that will allow users to quickly get a temporary directory.

There should also be documentation added that mentions when this gets cleaned up, and under what circumstances it won't (runner crashes)

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