From 149cff654ccb59a513d5d7db337d975395fa59ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brad Barnett <127794626+bdbarnett@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 22:11:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] CI: run once per change, and skip documentation-only changes

---
 .github/workflows/clean-build.yml | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/clean-build.yml b/.github/workflows/clean-build.yml
index 8518b1f..7a27ca8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clean-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clean-build.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,19 @@
 # libsdl2-dev). This is the standalone build's proof, run on every push.
 name: Clean standalone build
 
+# Documentation-only changes can't change this result, so they don't run it.
 on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**.md'
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - 'LICENSE'
   pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**.md'
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - 'LICENSE'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
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