changes to not run tests when the changes are only in docs or comments

.github/workflows/apidiff.yml

@@ -6,11 +6,28 @@ on:
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
+  check_docs_only:
+    name: check_docs_only
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    outputs:
+      skip: ${{ steps.check_docs_only.outputs.skip }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - id: check_docs_only
+        # Since PR's are squashed prior to merging to the branch checked out (default branch),
+        # HEAD^ will resolve to the previous point in history.
+        run: |
+          REF="HEAD^"
+          [[ -z "${{ github.base_ref }}" ]] || REF=$(git show-ref ${{ github.base_ref }} | head -1 | cut -d' ' -f2)
+          echo "::set-output name=skip::$(test/check-docs-only.sh $REF)"
+
   go-apidiff:
     name: Verify API differences
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Pull requests from different repository only trigger this checks
-    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository
+    if: (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository) && needs.check_docs_only.outputs.skip != 'true'
     steps:
       - name: Clone the code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -19,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: '1.17'
+          go-version: "1.17"
       - name: Execute go-apidiff
         uses: joelanford/go-apidiff@v0.2.0
         with:

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -6,19 +6,35 @@ on:
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
+  check_docs_only:
+    name: check_docs_only
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    outputs:
+      skip: ${{ steps.check_docs_only.outputs.skip }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - id: check_docs_only
+        # Since PR's are squashed prior to merging to the branch checked out (default branch),
+        # HEAD^ will resolve to the previous point in history.
+        run: |
+          REF="HEAD^"
+          [[ -z "${{ github.base_ref }}" ]] || REF=$(git show-ref ${{ github.base_ref }} | head -1 | cut -d' ' -f2)
+          echo "::set-output name=skip::$(test/check-docs-only.sh $REF)"
 
   lint:
     name: golangci-lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Pull requests from the same repository won't trigger this checks as they were already triggered by the push
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository
+    if: (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository) && needs.check_docs_only.outputs.skip != 'true'
     steps:
       - name: Clone the code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Run linter
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v2
         with:
-          version: v1.41        # Always uses the latest patch version.
+          version: v1.41 # Always uses the latest patch version.
           only-new-issues: true # Show only new issues if it's a pull request
       - name: Report failure
         uses: nashmaniac/create-issue-action@v1.1

.github/workflows/testdata.yml

@@ -6,19 +6,35 @@ on:
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
+  check_docs_only:
+    name: check_docs_only
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    outputs:
+      skip: ${{ steps.check_docs_only.outputs.skip }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - id: check_docs_only
+        # Since PR's are squashed prior to merging to the branch checked out (default branch),
+        # HEAD^ will resolve to the previous point in history.
+        run: |
+          REF="HEAD^"
+          [[ -z "${{ github.base_ref }}" ]] || REF=$(git show-ref ${{ github.base_ref }} | head -1 | cut -d' ' -f2)
+          echo "::set-output name=skip::$(test/check-docs-only.sh $REF)"
 
   testdata:
     name: Verify testdata directory
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Pull requests from the same repository won't trigger this checks as they were already triggered by the push
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository
+    if: (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository) && needs.check_docs_only.outputs.skip != 'true'
     steps:
       - name: Clone the code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: '1.17'
+          go-version: "1.17"
       - name: Remove pre-installed kustomize
         # This step is needed as the following one tries to remove
         # kustomize for each test but has no permission to do so

.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml

@@ -5,26 +5,41 @@ on:
   push:
   pull_request:
 
-
 jobs:
+  check_docs_only:
+    name: check_docs_only
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    outputs:
+      skip: ${{ steps.check_docs_only.outputs.skip }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - id: check_docs_only
+        # Since PR's are squashed prior to merging to the branch checked out (default branch),
+        # HEAD^ will resolve to the previous point in history.
+        run: |
+          REF="HEAD^"
+          [[ -z "${{ github.base_ref }}" ]] || REF=$(git show-ref ${{ github.base_ref }} | head -1 | cut -d' ' -f2)
+          echo "::set-output name=skip::$(test/check-docs-only.sh $REF)"
 
   test:
     name: ${{ matrix.os }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os:
-        - ubuntu-latest
-        - macos-latest
+          - ubuntu-latest
+          - macos-latest
     # Pull requests from the same repository won't trigger this checks as they were already triggered by the push
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository
+    if: (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository) && needs.check_docs_only.outputs.skip != 'true'
     steps:
       - name: Clone the code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: '1.17'
+          go-version: "1.17"
       # This step is needed as the following one tries to remove
       # kustomize for each test but has no permission to do so
       - name: Remove pre-installed kustomize
@@ -47,14 +62,14 @@ jobs:
       - test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Pull requests from the same repository won't trigger this checks as they were already triggered by the push
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository
+    if: (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository) && needs.check_docs_only.outputs.skip != 'true'
     steps:
       - name: Clone the code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: '1.17'
+          go-version: "1.17"
       - name: Generate the coverage output
         run: make test-coverage
       - name: Send the coverage output

.github/workflows/verify.yml

@@ -4,15 +4,31 @@ on:
   pull_request_target:
     types: [opened, edited, reopened]
 
-
 jobs:
+  check_docs_only:
+    name: check_docs_only
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    outputs:
+      skip: ${{ steps.check_docs_only.outputs.skip }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - id: check_docs_only
+        # Since PR's are squashed prior to merging to the branch checked out (default branch),
+        # HEAD^ will resolve to the previous point in history.
+        run: |
+          REF="HEAD^"
+          [[ -z "${{ github.base_ref }}" ]] || REF=$(git show-ref ${{ github.base_ref }} | head -1 | cut -d' ' -f2)
+          echo "::set-output name=skip::$(test/check-docs-only.sh $REF)"
 
   verify:
     name: Verify PR contents
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: needs.check_docs_only.outputs.skip != 'true'
     steps:
-    - name: Verifier action
-      id: verifier
-      uses: kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder-release-tools@v0.1.1
-      with:
-        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Verifier action
+        id: verifier
+        uses: kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder-release-tools@v0.1.1
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

test/check-docs-only.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This script runs goreleaser using the build/.goreleaser.yml config.
+# While it can be run locally, it is intended to be run by cloudbuild
+# in the goreleaser/goreleaser image.
+
+set -e
+
+# If running in Github actions: this should be set to "github.base_ref".
+: ${1?"the first argument must be set to a commit-ish reference"}
+
+# Patterns to ignore.
+declare -a DOC_PATTERNS
+DOC_PATTERNS=(
+  "(\.md)"
+  "(\.MD)"
+  "(\.png)"
+  "(\.pdf)"
+  "(netlify\.toml)"
+  "(website/)"
+  "(changelog/)"
+  "(OWNERS)"
+  "(OWNERS_ALIASES)"
+  "(LICENSE)"
+)
+
+if ! git diff --name-only $1 | grep -qvE "$(IFS="|"; echo "${DOC_PATTERNS[*]}")"; then
+  echo "true"
+  exit 0
+fi