diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4a0a72c25d95251ea22a555076878206585411f0..49796a57dc10ed05b016d1abacb558cd572b0b0a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -57,13 +57,6 @@ workflow:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^[\d-]+-stable$/'
 
-.rules_skip_if_docs: &rules_skip_if_docs
-  - if:
-    changes:
-      - .gitlab/*
-      - '*.md'
-    when: never
-
 .cache_deps:
   cache: &cache_deps_configuration
     key:
@@ -145,11 +138,27 @@ workflow:
     when: always
     expire_in: 1 week
 
-.rules_should_test: &rules_should_test
+.only_code_changes: &only_code_changes
+  changes:
+    - "**/*.go"
+    - MAKEFILE
+    - .gitlab-ci.yml
+    - "go.*"
+    - "**/*.proto"
+
+.rules_should_test_all: &rules_should_test_all
     - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^[\d-]+-stable$/'
 
+.rules_should_test_code: &rules_should_test_code
+    - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID
+      <<: *only_code_changes
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+      <<: *only_code_changes
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^[\d-]+-stable$/'
+      <<: *only_code_changes
+
 .rules_run_on_merge: &rules_run_on_merge
     # We only execute these rules in the main Gitaly repository. This is
     # because jobs which run conditionally when being merged may depend on
@@ -195,8 +204,8 @@ build:
       - GO_VERSION: [ "1.19", "1.20" ]
         TEST_BOOT_ARGS: "--bundled-git"
       - GIT_VERSION: "v2.41.0"
-  rules:
-    - *rules_skip_if_docs
+  only:
+    <<: *only_code_changes
 
 build:binaries:
   needs: []
@@ -220,6 +229,8 @@ build:binaries:
   parallel:
     matrix:
       - GO_VERSION: [ "1.19", "1.20" ]
+  only:
+    <<: *only_code_changes
 
 test:
   <<: *test_definition
@@ -241,8 +252,7 @@ test:
       - POSTGRES_VERSION: "11-alpine"
         TEST_TARGET: [ test, test-with-praefect ]
   rules:
-    - *rules_skip_if_docs
-    - *rules_should_test
+    - *rules_should_test_code
 
 test:pgbouncer:
   <<: *test_definition
@@ -273,8 +283,7 @@ test:pgbouncer:
     # can reach Postgres.
     TEST_TARGET: "test-with-praefect"
   rules:
-    - *rules_skip_if_docs
-    - *rules_should_test
+    - *rules_should_test_code
 
 test:nightly:
   <<: *test_definition
@@ -298,8 +307,7 @@ test:praefect_smoke:
     - ./_build/bin/praefect -config config.praefect.toml sql-ping
     - ./_build/bin/praefect -config config.praefect.toml sql-migrate
   rules:
-    - *rules_skip_if_docs
-    - *rules_should_test
+    - *rules_should_test_code
 
 
 test:sha256:
@@ -309,8 +317,7 @@ test:sha256:
       - TEST_TARGET: [ test, test-with-praefect ]
         TEST_WITH_SHA256: "YesPlease"
   rules:
-    - *rules_skip_if_docs
-    - *rules_should_test
+    - *rules_should_test_code
 
 
 test:fips:
@@ -337,7 +344,6 @@ test:fips:
   rules:
     # Automatically run the job when the FIPS label is set.
     - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_LABELS =~ /FIPS/
-    - *rules_skip_if_docs
     - *rules_run_on_merge
 
 test:macos:
@@ -389,7 +395,6 @@ test:macos:
   after_script:
     - *test_after_script
   rules:
-    - *rules_skip_if_docs
     - *rules_run_on_merge
   artifacts:
     <<: *test_artifacts
@@ -401,7 +406,7 @@ verify:docs:
   script:
     - make lint-docs
   rules:
-    - *rules_should_test
+    - *rules_should_test_all
 
 verify:
   needs: []
@@ -420,8 +425,7 @@ verify:
       - proto/go/gitalypb/*
     when: on_failure
   rules:
-    - *rules_skip_if_docs
-    - *rules_should_test
+    - *rules_should_test_code
 
 dbschema:
   needs: []
@@ -442,8 +446,7 @@ dbschema:
       - _support/praefect-schema.sql
     when: on_failure
   rules:
-    - *rules_skip_if_docs
-    - *rules_should_test
+    - *rules_should_test_code
 
 semgrep-sast:
   needs: []
@@ -453,8 +456,7 @@ semgrep-sast:
   rules:
     - if: $SAST_DISABLED
       when: never
-    - *rules_skip_if_docs
-    - *rules_should_test
+    - *rules_should_test_code
 
 license_scanning:
   needs: []
@@ -462,8 +464,7 @@ license_scanning:
   rules:
     - if: $LICENSE_SCANNING_DISABLED
       when: never
-    - *rules_skip_if_docs
-    - *rules_should_test
+    - *rules_should_test_all
   variables:
     LICENSE_FINDER_CLI_OPTS: '--aggregate-paths=.'
 
@@ -473,7 +474,7 @@ secret_detection:
   rules:
     - if: $SECRET_DETECTION_DISABLED
       when: never
-    - *rules_should_test
+    - *rules_should_test_all
 
 build-proto-gem:
   needs: []
@@ -566,6 +567,7 @@ build-package-and-qa:
     GITALY_SERVER_ALTERNATIVE_REPO: $CI_PROJECT_URL
     ee: "true"
   rules:
+    - <<: *only_code_changes
     - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID
       changes:
         - go.sum
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9ffa3ff71d581752f711a0a6b3fba0472a13a060..c3a2ec5da10356e6163953be65809e2046d7856d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # ![Gitaly](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/uploads/509123ed56bd51247996038c858db006/gitaly-wordmark-small.png)
-
+changed!
 **Quick Links**:
   [**Roadmap**][roadmap] |
   [Want to Contribute?](#contributing) |
diff --git a/cmd/validate.go b/cmd/validate.go
index 8c7e3cc53064e0358b3d421ee3f9d77277f0e5f5..10254fab48e0f1b4521d12e2a51d902abab5126f 100644
--- a/cmd/validate.go
+++ b/cmd/validate.go
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ func Validate(validator interface{ ValidateV2() error }, outWriter io.Writer, er
 		return false
 	}
 
+	fmt.Println("debug statement")
+
 	return true
 }