Re: Build the docs if there are changes in docs and don't run other tasks if the changes are only in docs

On 14.12.23 14:40, Nazir Bilal Yavuz wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Oct 2023 at 17:07, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>>
>> As a quick cross-check, I searched our commit log to see how many
>> README-only commits there were so far this year. I found 11 since
>> January. (Several were triggered by the latest round of pgindent
>> code and process changes, so maybe this is more than typical.)
>>
>> Not sure what that tells us about the value of changing the CI
>> logic, but it does seem like it could be worth the one-liner
>> change needed to teach buildfarm animals to ignore READMEs.
>
> I agree that it could be worth implementing this logic on buildfarm animals.
>
> In case we want to implement the same logic on the CI, I added a new
> version of the patch; it skips CI completely if the changes are only
> in the README files.

I don't see how this could be applicable widely enough to be useful:

- While there are some patches that touch on README files, very few of
those end up in a commit fest.

- If someone manually pushes a change to their own CI environment, I
don't see why we need to second-guess that.

- Buildfarm runs generally batch several commits together, so it is very
unlikely that this would be hit.

I think unless some concrete reason for this change can be shown, we
should drop it.