Optimize detection what has changes.

.github/filters.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# This is used by the action https://github.com/dorny/paths-filter
+
+go: &go
+  - 'go.mod'
+  - 'go.sum'
+  - '.golangci.yml'
+  - 'pkg/**'
+  - 'cmd/**'
+  - 'internal/**'
+  - 'contrib/**'
+
+docs: &docs
+  - 'mkdocs.yml'
+  - 'docs/**'
+  - 'contrib/**'
+  - '**/*.md'
+  - 'LICENSE'
+
+any:
+  - *go
+  - *docs

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -13,6 +13,23 @@ on:
       - ready_for_review
 
 jobs:
+  files-changed:
+    name: Detect file changes
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      go: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.go }}
+      docs: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.docs }}
+      any: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.any }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Check for backend file changes
+        uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
+        id: changes
+        with:
+          filters: .github/filters.yml
+
   evaluate:
     name: Evaluate
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -54,7 +71,8 @@ jobs:
 
   test:
     name: Tests
-    needs: [ evaluate ]
+    needs: [ evaluate, files-changed ]
+    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.go == 'true'
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest, windows-latest ]
@@ -104,7 +122,8 @@ jobs:
           goveralls "-coverprofile=profile.cov" "-service=github" "-parallel" "-flagname=go-${{ matrix.os }}"
   package:
     name: Package
-    needs: [ evaluate ]
+    needs: [ evaluate, files-changed ]
+    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.go == 'true'
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     container:
       image: ghcr.io/engity-com/build-images/go
@@ -152,7 +171,8 @@ jobs:
 
   documentation:
     name: Documentation
-    needs: [ evaluate ]
+    needs: [ evaluate, files-changed ]
+    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.docs == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -9,9 +9,28 @@ on:
     - cron: '0 18 * * 0'
 
 jobs:
+  files-changed:
+    name: Detect file changes
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      go: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.go }}
+      docs: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.docs }}
+      any: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.any }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Check for backend file changes
+        uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
+        id: changes
+        with:
+          filters: .github/filters.yml
+
   analyze:
     name: Analyze
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [ files-changed ]
+    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.go == 'true'
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -11,8 +11,28 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
+  files-changed:
+    name: Detect file changes
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      go: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.go }}
+      docs: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.docs }}
+      any: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.any }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Check for backend file changes
+        uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
+        id: changes
+        with:
+          filters: .github/filters.yml
+
   golangci:
     name: "golangci-lint"
+    needs: [ files-changed ]
+    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.go == 'true'
+
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest, windows-latest ]