Simplify docs exclusion: use paths-ignore on push trigger

Replace in-job file check with paths-ignore filter.
Workflow won't trigger at all for docs-only changes.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # FleetDM Stack - Gitea Actions
-# CI: lint on every push
+# CI: lint on every push (skips docs-only changes)
 # Semantic Release: auto-bump version on push to main/master
 #   - merge from feature/* branch → major bump
 #   - any other commit (fix, chore, etc.) → patch bump
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
       - master
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - 'README.md'
+      - 'STATUS.md'
+      - 'AGENTS.md'
+      - 'TASKS.md'
+      - '.gitignore'
+      - 'djinni-*/**'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
@@ -51,24 +59,7 @@ jobs:
           git clone https://${{ gitea.actor }}:${{ gitea.token }}@git.produktor.io/${{ gitea.repository }}.git .
           git fetch --tags
 
-      - name: Check if release-worthy changes
-        id: changes
-        run: |
-          CHANGED=$(git diff --name-only HEAD~1 HEAD 2>/dev/null || git diff --name-only HEAD)
-          echo "Changed files:"
-          echo "$CHANGED"
-          # Skip release if only docs, markdown, or non-chart files changed
-          RELEASE_FILES=$(echo "$CHANGED" | grep -vE '^(docs/|README\.md|STATUS\.md|AGENTS\.md|TASKS\.md|\.gitignore|djinni-)' || true)
-          if [ -z "$RELEASE_FILES" ]; then
-            echo "Only docs/meta files changed — skipping release."
-            echo "skip=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          else
-            echo "Chart/workflow files changed — proceeding with release."
-            echo "skip=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          fi
-
       - name: Determine version bump
-        if: steps.changes.outputs.skip != 'true'
         id: version
         run: |
           LATEST_TAG=$(git tag -l 'v*' --sort=-v:refname | head -1)
@@ -77,13 +68,11 @@ jobs:
           fi
           echo "Latest tag: $LATEST_TAG"
 
-          # Strip 'v' prefix and split
           VER="${LATEST_TAG#v}"
           MAJOR=$(echo "$VER" | cut -d. -f1)
           MINOR=$(echo "$VER" | cut -d. -f2)
           PATCH=$(echo "$VER" | cut -d. -f3)
 
-          # Check if this commit is a merge from a feature/* branch
           COMMIT_MSG=$(git log -1 --format='%s' ${{ gitea.sha }})
           echo "Commit message: $COMMIT_MSG"
 
@@ -91,7 +80,6 @@ jobs:
           if echo "$COMMIT_MSG" | grep -qiE "^Merge.*feature/"; then
             IS_FEATURE="true"
           fi
-          # Also check parent branches for merge commits
           if git log -1 --format='%P' ${{ gitea.sha }} | grep -q ' '; then
             MERGE_BRANCH=$(git log -1 --format='%s' ${{ gitea.sha }} | grep -oE "feature/[^ '\"]*" || true)
             if [ -n "$MERGE_BRANCH" ]; then
@@ -116,19 +104,16 @@ jobs:
           echo "bump_type=${BUMP}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Install Helm
-        if: steps.changes.outputs.skip != 'true'
         run: |
           curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-3 | bash
 
       - name: Update Chart.yaml version
-        if: steps.changes.outputs.skip != 'true'
         run: |
           sed -i "s/^version: .*/version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}/" fleetdm-stack/Chart.yaml
           echo "Chart.yaml version set to ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}"
           grep '^version:' fleetdm-stack/Chart.yaml
 
       - name: Package chart
-        if: steps.changes.outputs.skip != 'true'
         run: |
           helm dependency update fleetdm-stack/
           helm package fleetdm-stack/
@@ -137,7 +122,6 @@ jobs:
           ls -la .tmp/
 
       - name: Create tag
-        if: steps.changes.outputs.skip != 'true'
         run: |
           git config user.name "Gitea Actions"
           git config user.email "actions@git.produktor.io"
@@ -145,14 +129,12 @@ jobs:
           git push https://${{ gitea.actor }}:${{ gitea.token }}@git.produktor.io/${{ gitea.repository }}.git "${{ steps.version.outputs.new_tag }}"
 
       - name: Create Gitea Release
-        if: steps.changes.outputs.skip != 'true'
         run: |
           TAG="${{ steps.version.outputs.new_tag }}"
           BUMP="${{ steps.version.outputs.bump_type }}"
           API="https://git.produktor.io/api/v1/repos/${{ gitea.repository }}/releases"
           TOKEN="${{ gitea.token }}"
 
-          # Create release
           RELEASE=$(curl -sf -X POST "$API" \
             -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
             -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
@@ -160,7 +142,6 @@ jobs:
           RELEASE_ID=$(echo "$RELEASE" | grep -o '"id":[0-9]*' | head -1 | cut -d: -f2)
           echo "Created release ID: $RELEASE_ID"
 
-          # Upload chart package
           for f in .tmp/*.tgz; do
             FNAME=$(basename "$f")
             curl -sf -X POST "$API/$RELEASE_ID/assets?name=$FNAME" \