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.github/workflows/spelling.yaml

@@ -100,30 +100,37 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ steps.github-token.outputs.token }}
 
       - name: Get commit message 💬
+        id: get-commit-message
         run: |
           git config --global --add safe.directory $(pwd)
           export head_commit_message="$(git show -s --format=%B | tr '\r\n' ' ' | tr '\n' ' ')"
+          echo "head_commit_message=$(git show -s --format=%B | tr '\r\n' ' ' | tr '\n' ' ')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "head_commit_message = $(git show -s --format=%B | tr '\r\n' ' ' | tr '\n' ' ')"
           if [[ $head_commit_message == *"[skip spelling]"* ]]; then
             echo "Skip instruction detected."
-            exit 0
           fi
         shell: bash
 
       - name: Normalize variables 📏
+        if: >
+          !contains(steps.get-commit-message.outputs.head_commit_message, '[skip spelling]') }}
         run: |
           package_subdirectory_input="${{ inputs.package-subdirectory }}"
           echo "package_subdirectory=${package_subdirectory_input:-.}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         shell: bash
 
       - name: Run Spellcheck 👟
+        if: >
+          !contains(steps.get-commit-message.outputs.head_commit_message, '[skip spelling]') }}
         uses: insightsengineering/r-spellcheck-action@v2
         with:
           exclude: ${{ inputs.exclude }}
           path: ${{ env.package_subdirectory }}
 
       - name: Clean up WORDLIST 🧼
-        if: github.event_name == 'push'
+        if: >
+          github.event_name == 'push' &&
+            !contains(steps.get-commit-message.outputs.head_commit_message, '[skip spelling]') }}
         run: |
           x <- readLines('inst/WORDLIST')
           file.remove('inst/WORDLIST')
@@ -136,14 +143,18 @@ jobs:
         shell: Rscript {0}
 
       - name: Checkout to main 🛎
-        if: github.event_name == 'push'
+        if: >
+          github.event_name == 'push' &&
+            !contains(steps.get-commit-message.outputs.head_commit_message, '[skip spelling]') }}
         run: |
           git fetch origin main
           git checkout main
           git pull origin main
 
       - name: Set file pattern to commit ⚙️
-        if: github.event_name == 'push'
+        if: >
+          github.event_name == 'push' &&
+            !contains(steps.get-commit-message.outputs.head_commit_message, '[skip spelling]') }}
         id: file-pattern
         run: |
           if [[ "${{ inputs.package-subdirectory }}" == "." ]]; then
@@ -155,7 +166,9 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
 
       - name: Commit and push changes 📌
-        if: github.event_name == 'push'
+        if: >
+          github.event_name == 'push' &&
+            !contains(steps.get-commit-message.outputs.head_commit_message, '[skip spelling]') }}
         uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
         with:
           commit_message: "[skip ci] Update WORDLIST"