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Update GH actions to run test for the docs only if there are no changes to the underlying code #401
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This is an issue to keep track of a potential optimization. I will start the PR.
> Unrelated to the issue/PR, but is it feasible/logical to ignore code tests on the update of docs only?
Yeah, that probably a good idea and doable. Want to give it a try? This might be a good resource:
https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#onpushpull_requestpull_request_targetpathspaths-ignore
Originally posted by @eriknw in #397 (comment)
Reacted by Erik Welch
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eriknw commentedon Apr 4, 2023
How feasible is this? What about docstrings that get included from code via
autofunction,autoclass, andautomodule? Do we know any other project that does this?SultanOrazbayev commentedon Apr 5, 2023
I'm not aware of other projects that do it (not that I looked hard into it).
In general, when running testing it feels like there is quite a bit of redundancy in testing the components that were not changed and were not affected. I realise it's not always feasible to build up the dependency links, but would the followng work?
SultanOrazbayev commentedon Apr 5, 2023
And yes, this won't affect docstrings, so not comprehensive, but at least for doc-specific changes should be faster/more efficient.