Run checks on update_datasets change, but report success early.

Author: jonthegeek

.github/workflows/check-standard.yaml

@@ -3,17 +3,27 @@
 on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
-    paths-ignore:
-      - .github/workflows/update_datasets.yaml
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
-    paths-ignore:
-      - .github/workflows/update_datasets.yaml
 
 name: R-CMD-check
 
 jobs:
+  check-files:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Check if only workflow file has changed
+        id: file-check
+        run: |
+          if git diff --name-only HEAD^ HEAD | grep -v -e '^.github/workflows/update_datasets.yaml$'; then
+            echo "other-files-changed=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          else
+            echo "other-files-changed=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          fi
+
   R-CMD-check:
+    needs: check-files
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
 
     name: ${{ matrix.config.os }} (${{ matrix.config.r }})
@@ -33,21 +43,30 @@ jobs:
       R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
 
     steps:
+      - name: Skip workflow if only workflow file has changed
+        if: env.other-files-changed == 'false'
+        run: echo "Only workflow file has changed. Reporting success."
+
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        if: env.other-files-changed == 'true'
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
+        if: env.other-files-changed == 'true'
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        if: env.other-files-changed == 'true'
         with:
           r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
           http-user-agent: ${{ matrix.config.http-user-agent }}
           use-public-rspm: true
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        if: env.other-files-changed == 'true'
         with:
           extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
           needs: check
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
+        if: env.other-files-changed == 'true'
         with:
           upload-snapshots: true

.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml

@@ -3,20 +3,30 @@
 on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
-    paths-ignore:
-      - .github/workflows/update_datasets.yaml
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
-    paths-ignore:
-      - .github/workflows/update_datasets.yaml
   release:
     types: [published]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 name: pkgdown
 
 jobs:
+  check-files:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Check if only workflow file has changed
+        id: file-check
+        run: |
+          if git diff --name-only HEAD^ HEAD | grep -v -e '^.github/workflows/update_datasets.yaml$'; then
+            echo "other-files-changed=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          else
+            echo "other-files-changed=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          fi
+
   pkgdown:
+    needs: check-files
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Only restrict concurrency for non-PR jobs
     concurrency:
@@ -26,25 +36,38 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Skip workflow if only workflow file has changed
+        if: env.other-files-changed == 'false'
+        run: echo "Only workflow file has changed. Reporting success."
+
+      - name: Checkout code
+        if: env.other-files-changed == 'true'
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
+      - name: Setup Pandoc
+        if: env.other-files-changed == 'true'
+        uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
 
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+      - name: Setup R
+        if: env.other-files-changed == 'true'
+        uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
           use-public-rspm: true
 
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+      - name: Setup R dependencies
+        if: env.other-files-changed == 'true'
+        uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with:
           extra-packages: any::pkgdown, local::.
           needs: website
 
       - name: Build site
+        if: env.other-files-changed == 'true'
         run: pkgdown::build_site_github_pages(new_process = FALSE, install = FALSE)
         shell: Rscript {0}
 
       - name: Deploy to GitHub pages 🚀
-        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+        if: env.other-files-changed == 'true' && github.event_name != 'pull_request'
         uses: JamesIves/[email protected]
         with:
           clean: false

.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml

@@ -3,35 +3,52 @@
 on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
-    paths-ignore:
-      - .github/workflows/update_datasets.yaml
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
-    paths-ignore:
-      - .github/workflows/update_datasets.yaml
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 name: test-coverage
 
 jobs:
+  check-files:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Check if only workflow file has changed
+        id: file-check
+        run: |
+          if git diff --name-only HEAD^ HEAD | grep -v -e '^.github/workflows/update_datasets.yaml$'; then
+            echo "other-files-changed=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          else
+            echo "other-files-changed=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          fi
+
   test-coverage:
+    needs: check-files
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
     steps:
+      - name: Skip workflow if only workflow file has changed
+        if: env.other-files-changed == 'false'
+        run: echo "Only workflow file has changed. Reporting success."
+
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        if: env.other-files-changed == 'true'
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        if: env.other-files-changed == 'true'
         with:
           use-public-rspm: true
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        if: env.other-files-changed == 'true'
         with:
           extra-packages: any::covr
           needs: coverage
 
       - name: Test coverage
+        if: env.other-files-changed == 'true'
         run: |
           covr::codecov(
             quiet = FALSE,
@@ -41,14 +58,14 @@ jobs:
         shell: Rscript {0}
 
       - name: Show testthat output
-        if: always()
+        if: always() && env.other-files-changed == 'true'
         run: |
           ## --------------------------------------------------------------------
           find ${{ runner.temp }}/package -name 'testthat.Rout*' -exec cat '{}' \; || true
         shell: bash
 
       - name: Upload test results
-        if: failure()
+        if: failure() && env.other-files-changed == 'true'
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: coverage-test-failures