From 98cf90c4189ea9eada21da0b2c82017037d6b81d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jatin K Malik <jatinkrmalik@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 19:23:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] ci: add path-based filtering to skip unnecessary builds
 (#319)

- unified-pipeline.yml: replace blanket .github/workflows/** glob with
  specific .github/workflows/unified-pipeline.yml in both web and python
  filters, so editing nightly.yml or release.yml no longer triggers the
  full lint/test/build matrix
- distro-test-matrix.yml: add paths filter at workflow trigger level so
  the 4-container distro matrix only runs when installer, scripts,
  packaging, or version files change (previously ran on every push/PR
  including doc-only and web-only changes)

Saves CI minutes on documentation, website, and unrelated workflow edits.
---
 .github/workflows/distro-test-matrix.yml | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/unified-pipeline.yml   |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/distro-test-matrix.yml b/.github/workflows/distro-test-matrix.yml
index 3e14508..f6ad730 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/distro-test-matrix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/distro-test-matrix.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,24 @@ name: Distro Test Matrix
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ main, master ]
+    paths:
+      - 'install.sh'
+      - 'scripts/**'
+      - 'pyproject.toml'
+      - 'setup.py'
+      - 'setup.cfg'
+      - 'src/vocalinux/version.py'
+      - '.github/workflows/distro-test-matrix.yml'
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main, master ]
+    paths:
+      - 'install.sh'
+      - 'scripts/**'
+      - 'pyproject.toml'
+      - 'setup.py'
+      - 'setup.cfg'
+      - 'src/vocalinux/version.py'
+      - '.github/workflows/distro-test-matrix.yml'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unified-pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/unified-pipeline.yml
index c77deb2..aa60633 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unified-pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unified-pipeline.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           filters: |
             web:
               - 'web/**'
-              - '.github/workflows/**'
+              - '.github/workflows/unified-pipeline.yml'
             python:
               - 'src/**'
               - 'tests/**'
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
               - 'requirements*.txt'
               - 'Makefile'
               - '.pre-commit-config.yaml'
-              - '.github/workflows/**'
+              - '.github/workflows/unified-pipeline.yml'
       - name: Check if website should deploy
         id: deploy_check
         env: