Access to .gradle/caches on windows-latest

Hi!

Cache actions seem not to be working with Gradle on the windows machine. Tar doesn't have an access to some files.

Post job cleanup.
C:\windows\System32\tar.exe --posix -z -cf cache.tgz -P -C D:/a/ItemistEvolved/ItemistEvolved --files-from manifest.txt
tar.exe: Couldn't open C:/Users/runneradmin/.gradle/caches/transforms-2/transforms-2.lock: Permission denied
tar.exe: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
Warning: Tar failed with error: The process 'C:\windows\System32\tar.exe' failed with exit code 1

name: Pull Request Workflow

on:
  pull_request:
    branches: [ develop ]

jobs:  
  build:
    runs-on: windows-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout the code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Get gradle cache
        uses: actions/cache@v2
        with:
          path: |
            ~/.gradle/caches
            ~/.gradle/wrapper
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-${{ hashFiles('**/*.gradle*') }}
          restore-keys: |
            ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-

...

I also wanted to activate the caching of some Gradle stuff in my repo and instantly ran into this issue. The issue is caused by the Gradle Daemon which keeps running. I worked around the issue in my CI scrips via:

Adding --no-daemon to my gradlew calls.
Adding an additional gradlew --stop step at the end of my workflow to stop any potentially running daemon which spawned without my knowledge.

Might be worth noting this in the readme for Gradle that devs need to ensure no gradle daemon is running anymore because it might make the task fail due to locked files.

Hope with this workaround you're also able to solve your build issues 😉

@Danielku15

@Danielku15 Thanks, I've merged your PR.

@JakubMosakowski If this suggestion resolves the issue, please close or let us know if there's any other repair items.

docs: append --no-daemon option for Windows user

docs: append --no-daemon option for Windows user (#218)

Run Gradle in `no-daemon` mode

Add --no-daemon flag to build.yml to patch actions/cache#454

[CI] Disable Gradle Deamon for jobs running on Windows

[CI] Disable Gradle Deamon for jobs running on Windows (#2340)

[GHA] Add no-daemon in build to be able to cache gradle on windows

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Try to work around actions/cache#454.

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docs: append --no-daemon option for Windows user (actions#218)

Drop `--no-daemon` from the Windows build

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