diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index adca99d..396fe8d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1,21 +1,32 @@
 name: Test
 on:
   pull_request:
-    paths-ignore: "*.rst"
   push:
-    # paths-ignore: "*.rst"
     branches: [master, develop]
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 jobs:
-  pre-commit:
+  check-paths:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - run: pipx run pre-commit run --all-files
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: dorny/paths-filter@de90cc6fb38fc0963ad72b210f1f284cd68cea36
+        id: changes
+        with:
+          filters: |
+            nondoc:
+              - '!**/*.rst'
+      - run: echo 'changed=${{ steps.changes.outputs.nondoc }}' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        id: changed
+    outputs:
+      changed: ${{ steps.changed.outputs.changed }}
 
   build-test:
+    needs: check-paths
+    if: needs.check-paths.outputs.changed == 'true'
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -41,3 +52,16 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --editable .[dev]
       - name: Test with tox
         run: tox -e py
+
+  pass:
+    needs: build-test
+    if: always()
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: fail if build-test ran and failed
+        if: ${{ needs.build-test.result == 'failure' }}
+        run: exit 1
+      - name: Curiosity
+        run: |
+          echo "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          cat "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"