From 2240de35adbb4a91af4c0501b94fb16e36e483bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dongdong Tian <seisman.info@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:47:26 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] RTD: use git pathspecs for Python file matching

---
 .readthedocs.yaml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index 5adb50c3d4d..023e40f0dfb 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ build:
         if [ "$READTHEDOCS_VERSION_TYPE" = "external" ] && \
           git diff --quiet origin/main -- \
               doc/ \
-              examples \
-              pygmt/**/*.py \
+              examples/ \
+              pygmt/ \
               ':!pygmt/tests' \
               README.md \
               ci/requirements/docs.yml \