Install yq directly from GitHub release

.github/workflows/__build-mode-autobuild.yml

@@ -76,18 +76,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           java-version: ${{ inputs.java-version || '17' }}
           distribution: temurin
-      - name: Restore choco cache
-        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
-        uses: actions/cache@v5
-        with:
-          key: windows-choco-cache
-          path: ${{ runner.temp }}/windows-choco-cache
       - name: Install yq
         if: runner.os == 'Windows'
-        shell: pwsh
         env:
-          CACHE_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/windows-choco-cache
-        run: choco install yq -y --stoponfirstfailure --cache-location=${env:CACHE_DIR}
+          YQ_PATH: ${{ runner.temp }}/yq
+        run: |-
+          gh release download --repo mikefarah/yq --pattern "yq_windows_amd64.exe" v4.50.1 -O "$YQ_PATH/yq.exe"
+          echo "$YQ_PATH" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
       - name: Set up Java test repo configuration
         run: |
           mv * .github ../action/tests/multi-language-repo/

pr-checks/sync.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 import ruamel.yaml
-from ruamel.yaml.scalarstring import SingleQuotedScalarString
+from ruamel.yaml.scalarstring import SingleQuotedScalarString, LiteralScalarString
 import pathlib
 import os
 
@@ -226,23 +226,16 @@ for file in sorted((this_dir / 'checks').glob('*.yml')):
     installYq = is_truthy(checkSpecification.get('installYq', ''))
 
     if installYq:
-        steps.append({
-            'name': "Restore choco cache",
-            'if': "runner.os == 'Windows'",
-            'uses': 'actions/cache@v5',
-            'with': {
-                'key': 'windows-choco-cache',
-                'path': '${{ runner.temp }}/windows-choco-cache'
-            }
-        })
         steps.append({
             'name': 'Install yq',
             'if': "runner.os == 'Windows'",
-            'shell': 'pwsh',
             'env': {
-                'CACHE_DIR': '${{ runner.temp }}/windows-choco-cache'
+                'YQ_PATH': '${{ runner.temp }}/yq'
             },
-            'run': 'choco install yq -y --stoponfirstfailure --cache-location=${env:CACHE_DIR}',
+            'run': LiteralScalarString(
+                'gh release download --repo mikefarah/yq --pattern "yq_windows_amd64.exe" v4.50.1 -O "$YQ_PATH/yq.exe"\n'
+                'echo "$YQ_PATH" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"'
+            ),
         })
 
     # If container initialisation steps are present in the check specification,