Add path filters to skip CI on documentation changes (#2393)

Fixes #626 - Skip CI tests when only documentation files are modified

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Signed-off-by: Hanxi Zhang <hanxizh@amazon.com>

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 name: CI
 
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/*.md'
+      - '**/00-RELEASENOTES'
+      - '**/COPYING'
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/*.md'
+      - '**/00-RELEASENOTES'
+      - '**/COPYING'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ci-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}

.github/workflows/clang-format.yml

@@ -2,9 +2,17 @@ name: Clang Format Check
 
 on:
   push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/*.md'
+      - '**/00-RELEASENOTES'
+      - '**/COPYING'
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - 'src/**'
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/*.md'
+      - '**/00-RELEASENOTES'
+      - '**/COPYING'
 
 concurrency:
   group: clang-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}

.github/workflows/codecov.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,17 @@ name: "Codecov"
 
 # Enabling on each push is to display the coverage changes in every PR, 
 # where each PR needs to be compared against the coverage of the head commit
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/*.md'
+      - '**/00-RELEASENOTES'
+      - '**/COPYING'
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/*.md'
+      - '**/00-RELEASENOTES'
+      - '**/COPYING'
 
 concurrency:
   group: codecov-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}

.github/workflows/daily.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ on:
       # any PR to a release branch.
       - "[0-9].[0-9]"
       - "unstable"
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/*.md'
+      - '**/00-RELEASENOTES'
+      - '**/COPYING'
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 0 * * *"
   workflow_dispatch:

.github/workflows/external.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 name: External Server Tests
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
   push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/*.md'
+      - '**/00-RELEASENOTES'
+      - '**/COPYING'
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/*.md'
+      - '**/00-RELEASENOTES'
+      - '**/COPYING'
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 2 * * *'
 

README.md

@@ -369,4 +369,4 @@ Wilmington, Delaware 19802-4447
 
 [1]: https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/blob/unstable/COPYING
 [2]: https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/blob/unstable/CONTRIBUTING.md
-[3]: https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/blob/unstable/SECURITY.md
+[3]: https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/blob/unstable/SECURITY.md