feat: Add windows specific build workflow

Author: andyquinterom

.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml .github/workflows/R-CMD-check-unix.yaml.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml renamed to .github/workflows/R-CMD-check-unix.yaml

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 # Workflow derived from https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/v2/examples
-# Need help debugging build failures? Start at https://github.com/r-lib/actions#where-to-find-help
 on:
   push:
     branches: [main, master, dev]
   pull_request:
 
-name: R-CMD-check.yaml
+name: R-CMD-check (Unix)
 
 permissions: read-all
 
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         config:
           - { os: macos-latest, r: "release" }
-          - { os: windows-latest, r: "release" }
           - { os: ubuntu-latest, r: "devel", http-user-agent: "release" }
           - { os: ubuntu-latest, r: "release" }
           - { os: ubuntu-latest, r: "oldrel-1" }

.github/workflows/R-CMD-check-windows.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# Workflow optimized for Windows I/O performance
+# Insights from: https://chadgolden.com/blog/github-actions-hosted-windows-runners-slower-than-expected-ci-and-you
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, master, dev]
+  pull_request:
+
+name: R-CMD-check (Windows)
+
+permissions: read-all
+
+jobs:
+  R-CMD-check:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+
+    name: windows-latest (release)
+
+    env:
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
+      # Move R library and temp files to the faster Dev Drive (mounted as R: below)
+      R_LIBS_USER: R:\R\library
+      TMP: R:\temp
+      TEMP: R:\temp
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Setup Dev Drive
+        uses: samypr100/setup-dev-drive@v3
+        with:
+          drive-letter: "R"
+          size: "10GB"
+
+      - name: Create directories on Dev Drive
+        run: |
+          mkdir R:\R\library -Force
+          mkdir R:\temp -Force
+        shell: pwsh
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # Checkout directly into the Dev Drive
+          path: 'R:\repo'
+
+      # Update workspace to point to the Dev Drive
+      # This ensures subsequent steps run in the faster storage
+      - name: Change workspace
+        run: |
+          echo "GITHUB_WORKSPACE=R:\repo" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+        shell: pwsh
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          r-version: "release"
+          use-public-rspm: true
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        with:
+          extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
+          needs: check
+          # Ensure working directory is correctly set for the action
+          working-directory: R:\repo
+
+      - name: Run R CMD check
+        uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
+        with:
+          upload-snapshots: true
+          build_args: 'c("--no-manual","--compact-vignettes=gs+qpdf")'
+          working-directory: R:\repo