Let hotfix bypass deployment action workflow rules

Author: webstackdev

.github/workflows/deployment.yml

@@ -53,12 +53,19 @@ jobs:
       github.event.workflow_run.event == 'pull_request'
 
     steps:
+      - name: Hotfix branch — skip preview deploy
+        if: ${{ startsWith(github.event.workflow_run.head_branch, 'hotfix/') }}
+        run: |
+          echo "hotfix/* branch detected; skipping preview deployment (treat as success)."
+
       - name: Checkout repository
+        if: ${{ !startsWith(github.event.workflow_run.head_branch, 'hotfix/') }}
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}
 
       - name: Deploy to Vercel (Preview)
+        if: ${{ !startsWith(github.event.workflow_run.head_branch, 'hotfix/') }}
         uses: amondnet/vercel-action@v41.1.4
         id: vercel-preview
         with:
@@ -70,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
           VERCEL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.VERCEL_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Comment preview URL on PR
-        if: always() && steps.vercel-preview.outcome == 'success'
+        if: ${{ !startsWith(github.event.workflow_run.head_branch, 'hotfix/') && always() && steps.vercel-preview.outcome == 'success' }}
         uses: actions/github-script@v8
         env:
           VERCEL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.VERCEL_TOKEN }}
@@ -185,7 +192,7 @@ jobs:
             }
 
       - name: Comment preview failure on PR
-        if: always() && steps.vercel-preview.outcome != 'success'
+        if: ${{ !startsWith(github.event.workflow_run.head_branch, 'hotfix/') && always() && steps.vercel-preview.outcome != 'success' }}
         uses: actions/github-script@v8
         env:
           VERCEL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.VERCEL_TOKEN }}

_TODO.md

@@ -221,6 +221,11 @@ The contact data collection uses an array of social networks, with keys:
 
 The authors collection is using named entries under a "social" property, like "twitter", "github", etc. This task is to refactor that to use an array like contact data collection. We also need to add a color for the social network icon, or some other approach to setting the color of it while enabling theming.
 
+## Require successful deployment to merge on GitHub
+
+In branch protection / ruleset for main, add this required status check:
+Deployment / Deploy Preview to Vercel
+
 ## Display a system font until font files load (Lighthouse improvements)
 
 Display a system font until font files load to improve FCP (First Contentful Paint) with `font-display: swap`. Need to make sure that web font doesn't render larger or smaller than the system font fallback to avoid CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift) issues.