Update & improve gradle.yml workflow

Note: Removes release check and lets it always build.

.github/workflows/gradle.yml

@@ -6,29 +6,45 @@
 name: build
 on:
   push:
+    tags-ignore:
+      - '**'
+    branches:
+      - '**'
     paths-ignore:
       - '.github/**'
+      - '!.github/workflows/**'
+      - '**.md'
+      - 'python_scripts/**'
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    if: "contains(toJSON(github.event.commits.*.message), '[release]')"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
       - name: validate gradle wrapper
         uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v1
+      - name: cache gradle
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.gradle/caches
+            ~/.gradle/wrapper
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-${{ hashFiles('**/*.gradle*', '**/gradle-wrapper.properties') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-
       - name: setup jdk 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
+          distribution: temurin
           java-version: 17
-      - name: make gradle wrapper executable
-        if: ${{ runner.os != 'Windows' }}
-        run: chmod +x ./gradlew
       - name: build
-        run: ./gradlew build
+        run: ./gradlew build --no-daemon
       - name: capture build artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: Artifacts
-          path: build/libs/
+          path: build/libs/