This is an issue to keep track of a potential optimization. I will start the PR.

          > Unrelated to the issue/PR, but is it feasible/logical to ignore code tests on the update of docs only?

Yeah, that probably a good idea and doable. Want to give it a try? This might be a good resource:
https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#onpushpull_requestpull_request_targetpathspaths-ignore

Originally posted by @eriknw in #397 (comment)