Is it possible to run the job only when a specific file changes?
Is there a syntax to define a job to run only if some files change comparing to last commit? Read full topic
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There is, you can use on.<push|pull_request>.paths syntax for that. E.g. to run only on pushes that changed example.c: on: push: paths: - 'example.c' You can use globs. Read full topic
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Thanks for your reply! on.<push|pull_request>.paths can only make a workflow to run when some designated files change, but not a job. I wonder if there is a way to to only run specific jobs when...
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You could set job level outputs in a previous job A. Use git command to check whether file changed during the workflow run. And then if file changed , you could set an output variable to true using...
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I’m also interested in this. Use case: Job A builds Docker image for tests: expensive so only do if Dockerfile changed! Job B runs the tests, using the image from A Can’t split into two workflows...
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I am having the same issue here. We are running a monorepo and I can’t really split my workflow into multiple ones but I need to be able to run some specific steps or jobs when a directory contains...
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Is it possible to run the job only when a specific file changes?
You actually can, check out this github action that was created github.com tj-actions/verify-changed-files A github action to detect file changes during workflow execution. The workflow a would look...
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I wanted to note that this action is for detecting changes during the workflow execution, not for checking files changed since the last commit the job was run on. I made the mistake of thing this...
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Is it possible to run the job only when a specific file changes?
@noahjahn You’re correct the action listed above only runs when certain files changes during the workflow execution process, for detecting files that have changed against your default branch see...
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how do i express this: on: push: # (or pull requests) paths: - 'src' - 'tests' Read full topic
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GitHub - tj-actions/changed-files: Github action to retrieve all changed files. is a great workaround for this problem, but I’d like to see Github Actions support filtering on a per-job level as well...
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There are similar actions out there, but I liked @jackton1’s tj-actions/changed-files. It is shell script based and makes it a breeze to audit. Audit in my opinion is a must when taking a dependency...
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Is it possible to run the job only when a specific file changes?
GitHub Docs Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions - GitHub Docs A workflow is a configurable automated process made up of one or more jobs. You must create a YAML file to define your workflow...
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We solved this using tj-actions/changed-files as suggested here. Our requirement was to only run the job in case one of the files changed, but we didn’t want to cancel midway through (i.e. start a...
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