Github actions filter jobs or steps by push path

Question

We've got some actions that it makes sense to logically group in one workflow, but not all of them need to run all the time.

I'm aware of

on:
  push:
    paths:
    - 'docs/**'

Is there a way to apply this information at the level of a particular job or step?

Answer 1

Not out of the box, but you can use actions like dorny/paths-filter to build this behavior.