diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 596632264..da05a7811 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ name: "CodeQL"
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [master]
+    branches: [main]
   pull_request:
     # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
-    branches: [master]
+    branches: [main]
   schedule:
     - cron: "27 2 * * 2"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index 229496591..340f658b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 name: coverage
-on: [push]
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore: ["docs/**", "**.adoc", "**.md"]
 jobs:
   linux-coverage:
     name: linux
diff --git a/.github/workflows/darwin.yml b/.github/workflows/darwin.yml
index 48eae5b1f..3c9ac30ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/darwin.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/darwin.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 name: darwin
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore: ["docs/**", "**.adoc", "**.md"]
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore: ["docs/**", "**.adoc", "**.md"]
 jobs:
   build:
     name: build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index a9f7db508..ca7ef4330 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 name: linux
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore: ["docs/**", "**.adoc", "**.md"]
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore: ["docs/**", "**.adoc", "**.md"]
 jobs:
   build:
     strategy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mdbook.yml b/.github/workflows/mdbook.yml
index 924162480..06092f1af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mdbook.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mdbook.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+    paths:
+      - "docs/**"
+      - ".github/workflows/mdbook.yml"
   pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - "docs/**"
+      - ".github/workflows/mdbook.yml"
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sanitizer.yml b/.github/workflows/sanitizer.yml
index e0d9c579d..f7c37be39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sanitizer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sanitizer.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 name: sanitize
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore: ["docs/**", "**.adoc", "**.md"]
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore: ["docs/**", "**.adoc", "**.md"]
 jobs:
   sanitize:
     env:
@@ -9,8 +13,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        sanitizer: [ address, undefined, thread ]
-        os: [ ubuntu-latest ]
+        sanitizer: [address, undefined, thread]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index af1cb74aa..3c7444aa9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 name: windows
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore: ["docs/**", "**.adoc", "**.md"]
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore: ["docs/**", "**.adoc", "**.md"]
 jobs:
   build:
     name: build