From 510155d4fca72b9a6b4aafc2cdc1ecf40e862a14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: VinPropane <don@donmail.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:32:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add PR gate workflow for path-skipped pull requests

---
 .github/workflows/pr-gate.yml | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/pr-gate.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-gate.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-gate.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6066ad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-gate.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Always runs on PRs so required status checks complete when path-filtered
+# workflows (.github/workflows/dotnet.yml, gdscript.yml) are skipped.
+# In GitHub: Settings → Rules / Branch protection → require “PR gate / build”
+# (or drop a stale required check that never runs on docs-only PRs).
+name: PR gate
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Gate
+        run: "true"