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+# Catch all the things we ignore in the e2e workflow
+name: e2e Skip Shim
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      # Catch updates to the .github directory, unless it is the e2e.yaml files
+      - ".github/**"
+      - "!.github/workflows/e2e.yaml"
+
+      # Catch docs and website things
+      - "**.md"
+      - "docs/**"
+      - "website/**"
+      - "netlify.toml"
+
+      # Catch generic github metadata files
+      - "CODEOWNERS"
+      - ".gitignore"
+      - "LICENSE"
+      - "pre-comimt-config.yaml"
+
+      # Catch pytests
+      - "tests/pytest/**"
+
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+# This is here to act as a shim for branch protection rules to work correctly.
+# This is ugly but this seems to be the best way to do this since:
+#  - Job names in a workflow must be unique
+#  - When paths are ignored not all jobs are reported to the branch protection rules
+#  - Multiple jobs of the same name are still required by branch protection rules
+
+# For more info see below:
+# https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/54877
+# https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/collaborating-on-repositories-with-code-quality-features/troubleshooting-required-status-checks#handling-skipped-but-required-checks
+
+# Abort prior jobs in the same workflow / PR
+concurrency:
+  group: e2e-skip-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+
+jobs:
+  e2e:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Skipped
+        run: |
+          echo skipped