From d6ece8eab3492a0889d30236891a1907b793a727 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: goodboy <goodboy_foss@protonmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 14:17:08 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Only run CI on pushes to `main`, ow just on PR/dev branches

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index cd5fed9c..ea5b9811 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 name: CI
 
+# NOTE distilled from,
+# https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/26276
 on:
-  # any time a new branch pushed to origin
+  # any time a new update to 'main'
   push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+  # for on all (forked) PRs to repo
+  # NOTE, use a draft PR if you just want CI triggered..
+  pull_request:
 
   # to run workflow manually from the "Actions" tab
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-  # for on all (forked) PRs to repo
-  pull_request:
-
 jobs:
   # ------ sdist ------
   # test that we can generate a software distribution and install it