WIP: Test Windows CI in a dev drive

Author: GnomedDev

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
         id: jobs
   job:
     name: ${{ matrix.name }}
-    needs: [ calculate_matrix ]
+    needs: [calculate_matrix]
     runs-on: "${{ matrix.os }}"
     defaults:
       run:
@@ -104,6 +104,16 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2
 
+      - if: contains(matrix.os, 'windows')
+        uses: samypr100/setup-dev-drive@1d65529cfd809844a9e91e400a560294b6820a68
+        with:
+          # use as much space as is sensible, upper github limits are 14gb and 300gb
+          drive-size: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-2022' && '12gb' || '250gb' }}
+          # pre-allocate the space to avoid out of disk errors and improve long-running performance
+          drive-type: Fixed
+          # mount the dev drive in the CWD
+          mount-path: ${{ github.workspace }}
+
       # Rust Log Analyzer can't currently detect the PR number of a GitHub
       # Actions build on its own, so a hint in the log message is needed to
       # point it in the right direction.
@@ -230,7 +240,7 @@ jobs:
   outcome:
     name: bors build finished
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [ calculate_matrix, job ]
+    needs: [calculate_matrix, job]
     # !cancelled() executes the job regardless of whether the previous jobs passed or failed
     if: ${{ !cancelled() && contains(fromJSON('["auto", "try"]'), needs.calculate_matrix.outputs.run_type) }}
     steps: