`on.<push|pull_request|pull_request_target>.<paths|paths-ignore>` should indicate how to match on git submodules
Author: jsorefCreated May 11, 2026Updated Aug 31, 2026
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Add a note that for changes to files in git submodules, the path to the changed top level submodule should be used (instead of the path to files within the submodule).
Additional information
It took a couple of attempts for a dev to figure out the correct way to make this work: https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/compare/56c6b1011d488e26673320b9d54aa4a3bce6a28d..a13665dcb8f9d57033820f53d83aa3e387ca9ecb
Source: github/docs