Handling skipped but required checks (#18564)

Signed-off-by: Yang Jiao <jiaoya@vmware.com>

.github/workflows/CI.yml

@@ -19,10 +19,18 @@ on:
     paths-ignore:
       - 'docs/**'
       - '**.md'
+      - 'tests/**'
+      - '!tests/**.sh'
+      - '!tests/apitests/**'
+      - '!tests/ci/**'
   push:
     paths-ignore:
       - 'docs/**'
       - '**.md'
+      - 'tests/**'
+      - '!tests/**.sh'
+      - '!tests/apitests/**'
+      - '!tests/ci/**'
 
 jobs:
   UTTEST:

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -5,10 +5,18 @@ on:
     paths-ignore:
       - 'docs/**'
       - '**.md'
+      - 'tests/**'
+      - '!tests/**.sh'
+      - '!tests/apitests/**'
+      - '!tests/ci/**'
   pull_request:
     paths-ignore:
       - 'docs/**'
       - '**.md'
+      - 'tests/**'
+      - '!tests/**.sh'
+      - '!tests/apitests/**'
+      - '!tests/ci/**'
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 16 * * 6'
 
@@ -29,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
     # the head of the pull request instead of the merge commit.
     - run: git checkout HEAD^2
       if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-      
+
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
       uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2

.github/workflows/pass-CI.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '**.md'
+      - 'tests/**'
+      - '!tests/**.sh'
+      - '!tests/apitests/**'
+      - '!tests/ci/**'
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '**.md'
+      - 'tests/**'
+      - '!tests/**.sh'
+      - '!tests/apitests/**'
+      - '!tests/ci/**'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - run: 'echo "No build required"'

.github/workflows/pass-codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: "Code scanning - action"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '**.md'
+      - 'tests/**'
+      - '!tests/**.sh'
+      - '!tests/apitests/**'
+      - '!tests/ci/**'
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '**.md'
+      - 'tests/**'
+      - '!tests/**.sh'
+      - '!tests/apitests/**'
+      - '!tests/ci/**'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - run: 'echo "No build required"'