We have a few status checks added but due to the amount of time it takes to run 1 job, i would like to only have it run when specific files are changed.
I can update the job via the paths: aka:
on:
pull_request:
paths:
- '**.tf'
but then we have to over right the merge request.
Is it possible to have a job that has to run for status checks but ONLY under a condition without having to do a manual intervention / override?
You could use the action dorny/paths-filter to create edited file filters and then run the intensive task as a conditional step in the job. This means the required status check will still run but just skip a step.
on:
pull_request:
jobs:
bigjob:
name: Some Big Job
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Check for Modified TF Files
uses: dorny/paths-filter@v2.2.1
id: filter
with:
filters: |
tf:
- '**/*.tf'
# Only run step if files found
- name: Run Task
if: steps.filter.outputs.tf== 'true'
shell: bash
run: echo "some task"