Merge branch 'docs-pipeline-incremental-tests' into 'master'

Docs pipeline incremental tests

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!40828

scripts/lint-doc.sh

@@ -55,7 +55,18 @@ then
   ((ERRORCODE++))
 fi
 
-MD_DOC_PATH=${MD_DOC_PATH:-doc}
+# Run Vale and Markdownlint only on changed files. Only works on merged results
+# pipelines, so first checks if a merged results CI variable is present. If not present,
+# runs test on all files.
+if [ -z "${CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_SHA}" ]
+then
+  MD_DOC_PATH=${MD_DOC_PATH:-doc}
+  echo "Merge request pipeline (detached) detected. Testing all files."
+else
+  MERGE_BASE=$(git merge-base ${CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_SHA} ${CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH_SHA})
+  MD_DOC_PATH=$(git diff --name-only "${MERGE_BASE}..${CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH_SHA}" '*.md')
+  echo -e "Merged results pipeline detected. Testing only the following files:\n${MD_DOC_PATH}"
+ fi
 
 function run_locally_or_in_docker() {
   local cmd=$1