Update release workflow

.github/workflows/update.yml

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 name: Update openMINDS_MATLAB
 
 on:
-  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events for the "main" branch
+  # Triggers the workflow on push to any branch other than main or PR to main
+  # This way tests will run on any push to a feature branch and when feature 
+  # branches are merged to main, but not repeated when PRs are actually merged. 
   push:
     branches-ignore: ["main", "pipeline", "gh-badges"]
     paths-ignore:
       - '*README.md'
+      - '*md'
       - '.github/workflows/**'
-      - 'docs/reports/**'
   pull_request:
     branches: [ "main" ]
 
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Checks-out the repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so the job can access it
       - name: Check out repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up MATLAB
         uses: matlab-actions/setup-matlab@v2
@@ -44,21 +46,22 @@ jobs:
           # Path to SARIF file relative to the root of the repository
           sarif_file: docs/reports/code_issues.sarif
 
-      # Runs all tests in the project.
+      # Run all tests in the project.
       - name: Run tests
         uses: matlab-actions/run-command@v2
         if: always()
         with:
           command: addpath(genpath("tools")), testToolbox()
 
-      # Commit the JSON for the badge for the issues and tests
-      - name: commit code issues badge JSON
+      # Commit updated SVG badges for the issues and tests (if changed)
+      - name: Commit svg badges if updated
         if: always()
         continue-on-error: true
         run: |
           git config user.name "${{ github.workflow }} by ${{ github.actor }}"
           git config user.email "<>"
-          
+          git fetch
+
           if [[ $(git add .github/badges/* --dry-run | wc -l) -gt 0 ]]; then
             git add .github/badges/*
             git commit -m "Update code issues and tests badges"
@@ -75,22 +78,22 @@ jobs:
           files: docs/reports/codecoverage.xml
 
       # Publish test results
-      - name: Publish Test Results
+      - name: Publish test results
         uses: EnricoMi/publish-unit-test-result-action@v2
         if: always()
         with:
           files: "docs/reports/test-results.xml"
 
       # Save the contents of the reports directory as an artifact
-      - name: Save Reports Directory
+      - name: Save reports directory
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: always()
         with:
           name: reports
           path: docs/reports
 
       - name: Checkout gh-badges branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: gh-badges
           path: gh-badges