From b05cdfc1539ecfd2e5b15b6fa4ebe4d504efb1be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mitchell R <root@mitchellr.info>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 15:12:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ci): skip kiosk+image build when only server code changes

Master pushes now check git diff for kiosk/, deploy/, .github/ changes.
Server-only commits skip the expensive Rust cross-compile + pi-gen image.
Tag pushes and workflow_dispatch always build everything.
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1fb7323..5ab0e93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ jobs:
       channel: ${{ steps.compute.outputs.channel }}
       ref:     ${{ steps.compute.outputs.ref }}
       build_image: ${{ steps.compute.outputs.build_image }}
+      needs_build: ${{ steps.compute.outputs.needs_build }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
@@ -91,12 +92,24 @@ jobs:
           esac
           tag="v${version}"
           build_image=true
+          needs_build=true
+
+          # Skip kiosk+image builds on master push when only server code changed
+          if [[ "$GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" == "push" && "$GITHUB_REF" == refs/heads/master ]]; then
+            kiosk_relevant=$(git diff --name-only HEAD~1 HEAD -- kiosk/ deploy/ .github/ | wc -l)
+            if [[ "$kiosk_relevant" -eq 0 ]]; then
+              echo "::notice::No kiosk/deploy/.github changes — skipping binary + image builds"
+              needs_build=false
+              build_image=false
+            fi
+          fi
 
           echo "version=$version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "tag=$tag"           >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "channel=$channel"   >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "ref=$GITHUB_SHA"    >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "build_image=$build_image" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "needs_build=$needs_build" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Create / ensure release record (lightweight tag for master pushes)
         env:
@@ -128,6 +141,7 @@ jobs:
   # ---- Build assets ---------------------------------------------------------
   build:
     needs: meta
+    if: needs.meta.outputs.needs_build == 'true'
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build.yml
     with:
       version: ${{ needs.meta.outputs.version }}