ci: more fixes

Author: karl-cardenas-coding

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -1,15 +1,30 @@
-name: CI
+name: Pre-merge Checks
 on:
   pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
 
 concurrency:
   group: ci-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 
 jobs:
-  build-with-coverage:
+  run-ci:
+    # runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+    if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.draft && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' && github.actor != 'dependabot-preview[bot]' }}
+    steps:
+      # If the condition above is not met, aka, the PR is not in draft status, then this step is skipped.
+      # Because this step is part of the critical path, omission of this step will result in remaining CI steps not gettinge executed.
+      # As of 8/8/2022 there is now way to enforce this beahvior in GitHub Actions CI.
+      - run: exit 0
+
+  build-with-latest-hapi-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [run-ci]
     permissions:
       contents: read
       id-token: write