consul/.github/scripts/check_skip_ci.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
# SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1

set -euo pipefail

# Get the list of changed files
# Using `git merge-base` ensures that we're always comparing against the correct branch point.
#For example, given the commits:
#
# A---B---C---D---W---X---Y---Z # origin/main
#             \---E---F         # feature/branch
#
# ... `git merge-base origin/$SKIP_CHECK_BRANCH HEAD` would return commit `D`
# `...HEAD` specifies from the common ancestor to the latest commit on the current branch (HEAD)..
files_to_check=$(git diff --name-only "$(git merge-base origin/$SKIP_CHECK_BRANCH HEAD~)"...HEAD)

# Define the directories to check
skipped_directories=("docs/" "ui/" "website/" "grafana/" ".changelog/")

# Loop through the changed files and find directories/files outside the skipped ones
files_to_check_array=($files_to_check)
for file_to_check in "${files_to_check_array[@]}"; do
	file_is_skipped=false
	echo "checking file: $file_to_check"

	# Allow changes to:
	# - This script
	# - Files in the skipped directories
	# - Markdown files
	for dir in "${skipped_directories[@]}"; do
		if [[ "$file_to_check" == */check_skip_ci.sh ]] ||
		   [[ "$file_to_check" == "$dir"* ]] ||
		   [[ "$file_to_check" == *.md ]]; then
			file_is_skipped=true
			break
		fi
	done

	if [ "$file_is_skipped" != "true" ]; then
		echo -e "non-skippable file changed: $file_to_check"
		echo "Changes detected in non-documentation files - will not skip tests and build"
        echo "skip-ci=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
		exit 0 ## if file is outside of the skipped_directory exit script
	fi
done

echo "Changes detected in only documentation files - skipping tests and build"
echo "skip-ci=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"