diff --git a/.github/workflows/cffvalidating.yml b/.github/workflows/cffvalidating.yaml
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rename from .github/workflows/cffvalidating.yml
rename to .github/workflows/cffvalidating.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/debug.yml b/.github/workflows/debug.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/debug.yml
rename to .github/workflows/debug.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yaml
similarity index 65%
rename from .github/workflows/testing.yml
rename to .github/workflows/testing.yaml
index c67e64e..6d56cf0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yaml
@@ -5,10 +5,34 @@ name: "continuous integration test"
 # Controls when the workflow will run
 on:
   # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the master branch
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ master ]
   push:
     branches: [ master ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
+      - 'CITATION.cff'
+      - 'CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md'
+      - 'CONTRIBUTING.md'
+      - 'LICENSE'
+      - 'README.md'
+      - '.github/workflows/cffvalidation.yaml'
+      - '.github/workflows/debug.yaml'
+      - '.github/workflows/release.yaml'
+      - '.github/workflows/zenodo.yaml'
+      - '.github/zenodo/*'
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
+      - 'CITATION.cff'
+      - 'CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md'
+      - 'CONTRIBUTING.md'
+      - 'LICENSE'
+      - 'README.md'
+      - '.github/workflows/cffvalidation.yaml'
+      - '.github/workflows/debug.yaml'
+      - '.github/workflows/release.yaml'
+      - '.github/workflows/zenodo.yaml'
+      - '.github/zenodo/*'
     
   # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
   workflow_dispatch: