feat: skip the heavy test matrix on docs-only changes#833
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bosd merged 1 commit intoJul 18, 2026
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Summary
The test workflow now runs the full test / typecheck / coverage matrix for any change that touches code, and only drops to the reduced documentation matrix when a PR changes documentation files exclusively. Previously a docs-only allow-list could let some non-docs changes skip the heavy matrix.
Why this matters
A docs-only PR re-running the full multi-OS Python matrix is wasted CI time, but the original narrow allow-list keyed on specific code paths meant a change to an unlisted project file (a lockfile, a new top-level script) would be treated as docs-only and skip the tests. This inverts the logic to detect documentation-only paths explicitly and treat everything else as code, so non-docs changes always get the full matrix. The maintainer endorsed this approach in #521.
Testing
CI-configuration change; verified the path filter classifies docs-only PRs to the reduced matrix and any code/lockfile/script change to the full matrix.
Closes #521