Skip CI for README-only and .github-only changes#796
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The CI workflow ran on every push and pull request, even when the only changes were to the README or files in the .github directory, which can't affect the build or test results. Add paths-ignore filters so CI is skipped when a push or pull request only touches those locations. Fixes #634. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Using paths-ignore skipped the whole CI workflow for README/.github-only changes, but "Build and Test" is a required status check in the repo's ruleset. A required check that never runs is never satisfied, so those pull requests couldn't merge. Instead of skipping the workflow, always run the "Build and Test" job so it reports a status, and gate the expensive build and test steps on a detect-changes job that checks whether anything outside README.md or .github/ changed. The Code Coverage job (not a required check) is skipped entirely in that case. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The Resyntax Analysis workflow installs and builds the package in order to analyze changed files, which is just as wasteful as running CI for changes that only touch the README or the .github directory. Add a paths-ignore filter so it's skipped for those pull requests. Unlike "Build and Test", this workflow isn't a required status check, so it can be skipped at the workflow level without blocking merges. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Fixes #634.