From 3dc99c8fd5735937b213039160b9b42b4d93834a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jiaxiao (mossaka) Zhou" <duibao55328@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:35:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ci: skip CI workflows when only release.yml changes

Add paths-ignore for .github/workflows/release.yml to all test and
build workflows so that PRs modifying only the release workflow don't
trigger slow integration tests and other unnecessary CI checks.

Affected workflows: build, codeql, dependency-audit, lint, test-action,
test-chroot, test-coverage, test-examples, test-integration-suite,
test-integration.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .github/workflows/build.yml                  | 2 ++
 .github/workflows/codeql.yml                 | 2 ++
 .github/workflows/dependency-audit.yml       | 1 +
 .github/workflows/lint.yml                   | 1 +
 .github/workflows/test-action.yml            | 1 +
 .github/workflows/test-chroot.yml            | 2 ++
 .github/workflows/test-coverage.yml          | 1 +
 .github/workflows/test-examples.yml          | 1 +
 .github/workflows/test-integration-suite.yml | 2 ++
 .github/workflows/test-integration.yml       | 2 ++
 10 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 655267c2..da3da275 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ on:
     branches: [main]
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '.github/workflows/release.yml'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index c313fec1..6bf77e8b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ on:
     branches: [main]
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '.github/workflows/release.yml'
   schedule:
     # Run at 00:00 UTC every Monday
     - cron: '0 0 * * 1'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-audit.yml b/.github/workflows/dependency-audit.yml
index b6e1bb25..19e8cdc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-audit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-audit.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
     branches: [main]
     paths-ignore:
       - '**/*.md'
+      - '.github/workflows/release.yml'
   schedule:
     # Run weekly on Mondays at 00:00 UTC
     - cron: '0 0 * * 1'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 5062dcf1..717e4e3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
     branches: [main]
     paths-ignore:
       - '**/*.md'
+      - '.github/workflows/release.yml'
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-action.yml b/.github/workflows/test-action.yml
index 8f78aa50..aa809aec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-action.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
     branches: [main]
     paths-ignore:
       - '**/*.md'
+      - '.github/workflows/release.yml'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-chroot.yml b/.github/workflows/test-chroot.yml
index 5d7186e4..7dc8ec8f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-chroot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-chroot.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ on:
     branches: [main]
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '.github/workflows/release.yml'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yml
index 95cd76f9..56dd54fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
     branches: [main]
     paths-ignore:
       - '**/*.md'
+      - '.github/workflows/release.yml'
   push:
     branches: [main]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-examples.yml b/.github/workflows/test-examples.yml
index 4b44db1a..078d51cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-examples.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
     branches: [main]
     paths-ignore:
       - '**/*.md'
+      - '.github/workflows/release.yml'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-integration-suite.yml b/.github/workflows/test-integration-suite.yml
index cd94f764..7fcf10ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-integration-suite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-integration-suite.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ on:
     branches: [main]
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '.github/workflows/release.yml'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/test-integration.yml
index 000609ba..cfc093c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-integration.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ on:
     branches: [main]
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '.github/workflows/release.yml'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions: