Skip version-bump check for documentation-only PRs#968
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A documentation-only dev->main PR (e.g. a CHANGELOG correction) does not bump the version, so check-version-bump failed and required an admin override to merge. The workflow now detects whether any non-*.md file changed via dorny/paths-filter and only runs the version comparison when it did. Documentation-only PRs hit a "Skip notice" step instead, so the job still completes and the required check reports success rather than being skipped (which would leave it stuck pending). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Documentation-only
dev → mainPRs (e.g. the v2.11.0 CHANGELOG correction in #967) don't bump the version, socheck-version-bumpfailed and needed an admin override to merge — and threw a failure email each time.This gates the version comparison on whether any non-
*.mdfile changed, usingdorny/paths-filter(already used inbuild.yml).Deliberately not using
paths-ignoreat the trigger level:check-versiongates merges, so skipping the run entirely would leave the required check stuck pending. Keeping the workflow running and conditionally skipping the failing step means the check still reports — green — for doc-only PRs.Note
The
dev → mainPR that carries this fix to main will itself still failcheck-versiononce (it changes a workflow file, not a doc file, with no version bump) and needs one admin merge to bootstrap. Every doc-only PR after that is clean.Test plan
dorny/paths-filterusage inbuild.ymlcheck-versionreports green🤖 Generated with Claude Code