From 02402a80e97d6ee29cd5808266470c4b99ed6edc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: guarin <43336610+guarin@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 10:02:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Only run tests if python files changed (#729)

* Do not run pre-commit hook tests if untested files change
---
 .pre-commit-config.yaml | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 6281a02a6..bee9f0bcf 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -12,5 +12,18 @@ repos:
     entry: make test
     language: system
     pass_filenames: false
-    always_run: true
     stages: [push]
+    # Avoid running tests if non-tested files have changed.
+    # The regex follows the pattern in the docs: https://pre-commit.com/#regular-expressions
+    exclude: |
+      (?x)^(
+          benchmark_logs/.*|
+          docs/.*|
+          examples/.*|
+          \.gitignore|
+          CONTRIBUTING\.md|
+          DOCS\.md|
+          LICENSE\.txt|
+          PRECOMMITHOOKS\.md|
+          README\.md
+      )$