From 6090563d91619262c7b43438e28b5ad501c45d6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aparna Jyothi <aparnajyothi-y@github.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2025 13:20:47 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] documentation update

---
 dist/setup/index.js    | 14 ++++++++------
 docs/advanced-usage.md |  2 +-
 src/setup-python.ts    | 16 +++++++++-------
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dist/setup/index.js b/dist/setup/index.js
index f699ef89..9c4cb00a 100644
--- a/dist/setup/index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/index.js
@@ -96934,12 +96934,14 @@ function cacheDependencies(cache, pythonVersion) {
                 core.warning(`The resolved cache-dependency-path does not exist: ${sourcePath}`);
             }
             else {
-                try {
-                    fs_1.default.copyFileSync(sourcePath, targetPath);
-                    core.info(`Copied ${sourcePath} to ${targetPath}`);
-                }
-                catch (error) {
-                    core.warning(`Failed to copy file from ${sourcePath} to ${targetPath}: ${error}`);
+                if (sourcePath !== targetPath) {
+                    try {
+                        fs_1.default.copyFileSync(sourcePath, targetPath);
+                        core.info(`Copied ${sourcePath} to ${targetPath}`);
+                    }
+                    catch (error) {
+                        core.warning(`Failed to copy file from ${sourcePath} to ${targetPath}: ${error}`);
+                    }
                 }
             }
             resolvedDependencyPath = path.relative(workspace, targetPath);
diff --git a/docs/advanced-usage.md b/docs/advanced-usage.md
index 459ef5e3..4353b341 100644
--- a/docs/advanced-usage.md
+++ b/docs/advanced-usage.md
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ steps:
 - run: pip install -e .
   # Or pip install -e '.[test]' to install test dependencies
 ```
-Note : cache-dependency-path supports files located outside the workspace root by copying them into the workspace to enable proper caching.
+Note: cache-dependency-path supports files located outside the workspace root by copying them into the workspace to enable proper caching.
 # Outputs and environment variables
 
 ## Outputs
diff --git a/src/setup-python.ts b/src/setup-python.ts
index 1dcd9f47..06682b79 100644
--- a/src/setup-python.ts
+++ b/src/setup-python.ts
@@ -42,13 +42,15 @@ export async function cacheDependencies(cache: string, pythonVersion: string) {
         `The resolved cache-dependency-path does not exist: ${sourcePath}`
       );
     } else {
-      try {
-        fs.copyFileSync(sourcePath, targetPath);
-        core.info(`Copied ${sourcePath} to ${targetPath}`);
-      } catch (error) {
-        core.warning(
-          `Failed to copy file from ${sourcePath} to ${targetPath}: ${error}`
-        );
+      if (sourcePath !== targetPath) {
+        try {
+          fs.copyFileSync(sourcePath, targetPath);
+          core.info(`Copied ${sourcePath} to ${targetPath}`);
+        } catch (error) {
+          core.warning(
+            `Failed to copy file from ${sourcePath} to ${targetPath}: ${error}`
+          );
+        }
       }
     }