[GitHub Actions] Don't run tests or docker build if the only changes are to markdown files#12787
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Thank you, @tdonohue!
I have a few more suggestions below. What do you think?
That said, the PR, as is, it's a +1 from me.
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This small PR updates our GitHub actions to skip running any tests (both Unit and Integration) or Docker builds when a PR or commit only includes changes to Markdown files (
*.md).The reason for this PR is to streamline our ability to update Markdown files without triggering CI, e.g. with #12739
Known Side Effect:
While this will ensure that we don't unnecessarily run tests/builds, disabling these checks will mean that PRs which only modify Markdown (
*.md) will never receive a green checkmark from GitHub checks (as some checks will never complete).You can see an example of this "side effect" in #12739, which doesn't have a green checkmark as the
CodeQLtask is flagged asExpected -- Waiting for status to be reported. In this situation,CodeQLwill never run for PRs which only modify Markdown as it already haspaths-ignorerules incodescan.yml, see https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/blob/main/.github/workflows/codescan.yml#L20(Personally, I'm OK with this side effect as it seems minor, but I wanted to make sure others agree.)
Instructions for Reviewers
If approved, this should be ported to
DSpace/dspace-angular, as it should similarly ignore PRs that only include changes to Markdown files.