chore: skip gh CI checks when PR contains only docs and md files

.claude/CLAUDE.md

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Monorepo: `npm workspaces` and `Nx`
 ## Jasmine Test Angular libs
 ### All library tests
 See `ci-scripts/unit-tests.sh`
+This is a test from Florent to analyse PR checks after modifying .md files.
 
 ### Specific tests
 ```bash

.github/workflows/ci-continuous-integration.yml

@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ on:
       - develop-*
       - release/*
       - epic/**
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '**.md'
-      - 'docs/**'
   workflow_dispatch:
     # empty as it is used only to manually trigger the workflow
 
@@ -23,9 +20,41 @@ concurrency:
 
 name: Continuous Integration
 jobs:
+  detect_changes:
+    name: CI - Detect changes
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      RUN_CI_CHECKS: ${{ steps.detect.outputs.RUN_CI_CHECKS }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Determine whether to run CI checks
+        id: detect
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            if (!context.payload.pull_request) {
+              core.setOutput('RUN_CI_CHECKS', 'true');
+              return;
+            }
+
+            const files = await github.paginate(github.rest.pulls.listFiles, {
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              pull_number: context.payload.pull_request.number,
+              per_page: 100,
+            });
+
+            const shouldRun = files.some((file) => {
+              const filename = file.filename;
+              return !filename.startsWith('docs/') && !filename.endsWith('.md');
+            });
+
+            core.setOutput('RUN_CI_CHECKS', shouldRun ? 'true' : 'false');
+
   unit_tests:
+    needs: [detect_changes]
     name: CI - Unit tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ needs.detect_changes.outputs.RUN_CI_CHECKS == 'true' }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
@@ -50,6 +79,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ci-scripts/unit-tests.sh          
   sonarqube_scan:
+    needs: [detect_changes]
     name: CI - SonarQube Scan
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -66,10 +96,12 @@ jobs:
         env:
           SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
           SONAR_HOST_URL: https://sonar.tools.sap
-    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && needs.detect_changes.outputs.RUN_CI_CHECKS == 'true' }}
   linting:
+    needs: [detect_changes]
     name: CI - Validations and static code checks
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ needs.detect_changes.outputs.RUN_CI_CHECKS == 'true' }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup node
@@ -92,8 +124,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ci-scripts/validate-lint.sh
   check_peer_dependencies:
+    needs: [detect_changes]
     name: CI - Check peerDependencies
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ needs.detect_changes.outputs.RUN_CI_CHECKS == 'true' }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:

.github/workflows/ci-merge-checks.yml

@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ on:
       - develop
       - develop-*
       - release/*
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '**.md'
-      - 'docs/**'
 
   workflow_dispatch:
     # empty as it is used only to manually trigger the workflow

.github/workflows/config-check.yml

@@ -2,27 +2,51 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
 
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '**.md'
-      - 'docs/**'
-
 name: Config check
 jobs:
   configCheck:
     name: Dependencies and tsconfig files
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - name: Detect whether config check should run
+        id: detect_changes
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const files = await github.paginate(github.rest.pulls.listFiles, {
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              pull_number: context.payload.pull_request.number,
+              per_page: 100,
+            });
+
+            const shouldRun = files.some((file) => {
+              const filename = file.filename;
+              return !filename.startsWith('docs/') && !filename.endsWith('.md');
+            });
+
+            core.setOutput('run_config_check', shouldRun ? 'true' : 'false');
+
+      - name: Skip config check for docs-only changes
+        if: ${{ steps.detect_changes.outputs.run_config_check != 'true' }}
+        run: echo 'Skipping config check because PR changes only markdown/docs files.'
+
       - name: Cancel Previous Runs
+        if: ${{ steps.detect_changes.outputs.run_config_check == 'true' }}
         uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.12.1
         with:
           access_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - uses: actions/checkout@master
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      - if: ${{ steps.detect_changes.outputs.run_config_check == 'true' }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@master
+      - if: ${{ steps.detect_changes.outputs.run_config_check == 'true' }}
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: '20'
       - name: NPM
+        if: ${{ steps.detect_changes.outputs.run_config_check == 'true' }}
         run: npm i
       - name: Check configurations
+        if: ${{ steps.detect_changes.outputs.run_config_check == 'true' }}
         run: npm run config:check
         env:
           FORCE_COLOR: 2 # Support colors from chalk