From 002f44ea3d5120ca6dcda92960a7eb01d7773ba7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Hartmut=20N=C3=B6renberg?= <hn@hartmut-noerenberg.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:42:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ci: skip CI/deploy/release workflows on docs-only changes

Adds paths-ignore filters so changes under docs/, .gitea/, *.md, and
LICENSE don't trigger the full CI matrix, image builds, or test-deploy
on Gitea Actions. Saves ~30+ minutes per docs commit.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml            | 10 ++++++++++
 .github/workflows/deploy-test.yml   | 10 ++++++++++
 .github/workflows/release-image.yml |  5 +++++
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6070f57..464c282 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,18 @@ name: CI
 on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "docs/**"
+      - ".gitea/**"
+      - "**/*.md"
+      - "LICENSE"
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "docs/**"
+      - ".gitea/**"
+      - "**/*.md"
+      - "LICENSE"
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-test.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-test.yml
index d28e7f2..ad29102 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-test.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,18 @@ name: Docker Deploy Test
 on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "docs/**"
+      - ".gitea/**"
+      - "**/*.md"
+      - "LICENSE"
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "docs/**"
+      - ".gitea/**"
+      - "**/*.md"
+      - "LICENSE"
 
 concurrency:
   group: deploy-test-${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-image.yml b/.github/workflows/release-image.yml
index a026e42..29e9a8d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-image.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ name: Release Image
 on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "docs/**"
+      - ".gitea/**"
+      - "**/*.md"
+      - "LICENSE"
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       image_tag: