Within your GitHub Actions, you may be running a lot of workflows continuously during a merge to the main branch - a way to mitigate the possibility of them always running is to implement path filters. What are path filters? Path filters in GitHub Actions allow you specify when the workflow/action runs essentially, it helps…

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Learn how to boost the efficiency of your GitHub Actions by using path filters to control when actions run based on the location of modified files or folders.

Boost GitHub Actions Efficiency with Path Filters: Only run when specific files or paths are updated