Use eager Pkg server registry instead of git cloning

This patch removes the git cloning of General and instead uses the eager
registry flavor. In addition, the action exits early if no deps/build.jl
file exist.

Author: fredrikekre

action.yml

@@ -17,18 +17,14 @@ inputs:
 runs:
   using: 'composite'
   steps:
-    # Occasionally, there are rather large delays (> a few hours)
-    # between the time a package is registered in General and
-    # propagated to pkg.julialang.org.  We can avoid this by manually
-    # cloning ~/.julia/registries/General/ in Julia 1.5 and later.
-    # See:
-    # * https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/issues/2011
-    # * https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General/issues/16777
-    # * https://github.com/JuliaPackaging/PkgServer.jl/issues/60
-  - run: julia --color=yes "$GITHUB_ACTION_PATH"/add_general_registry.buildpkg.jl
-    shell: bash
-
-  - run: julia --color=yes --project=${{ inputs.project }} -e 'using Pkg; if VERSION >= v"1.1.0-rc1"; Pkg.build(verbose=true); else Pkg.build(); end'
-    shell: bash
+  - run: |
+      # Do nothing if no build file
+      isfile("deps/build.jl") || exit()
+      # Use "eager" registry flavor by default
+      ENV["JULIA_PKG_SERVER_REGISTRY_PREFERENCE"] = get(ENV, "JULIA_PKG_SERVER_REGISTRY_PREFERENCE", "eager")
+      import Pkg
+      VERSION >= v"1.5-" && Pkg.Registry.add("General")
+      VERSION >= v"1.1.0-rc1" ? Pkg.build(verbose=true) : Pkg.build()
+    shell: julia --color=yes --project=${{ inputs.project }} {0}
     env:
       JULIA_PKG_PRECOMPILE_AUTO: "${{ inputs.precompile }}"