fix(ci): move negation patterns after positives in filters.yaml (#8123)

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Saravana Periyasamy <saperiyasamy@nvidia.com>

.github/filters.yaml

@@ -71,10 +71,6 @@ ci: &ci
   - 'container/Dockerfile.test'
 
 core:
-  # Exclude documentation files first, then include patterns override for specific paths
-  - '!**/*.md'
-  - '!**/*.rst'
-  - '!**/*.txt'
   - *ci
   - 'container/render.py'
   - 'container/Dockerfile.template'
@@ -98,6 +94,12 @@ core:
   - '*.py'
   - '*.rs'
   - 'scripts/report_pytest_markers.py'
+  # Negation patterns MUST come after positive patterns — micromatch processes
+  # patterns left-to-right, so negations only filter matches accumulated by
+  # preceding patterns. Placing them first has no effect.
+  - '!**/*.md'
+  - '!**/*.rst'
+  - '!**/*.txt'
 
 operator:
   - *ci
@@ -108,13 +110,13 @@ operator:
   - 'components/src/dynamo/profiler/utils/dgdr_*'
 
 deploy:
-  - '!**/*.md'
-  - '!**/*.rst'
   - *ci
   - 'deploy/helm/**'
   - 'deploy/utils/**'
   - 'deploy/snapshot/**'
   - 'tests/deploy/**'
+  - '!**/*.md'
+  - '!**/*.rst'
 
 planner:
   - 'container/templates/planner.Dockerfile'
@@ -124,33 +126,31 @@ planner:
   - 'components/src/dynamo/global_router/**'
 
 vllm:
-  - '!**/*.md'
-  - '!**/*.rst'
   - 'container/deps/requirements.vllm.txt'
   - 'container/deps/vllm/**'
   - 'examples/backends/vllm/**'
   - 'components/src/dynamo/vllm/**'
   - 'container/templates/vllm_*'
-
-sglang:
   - '!**/*.md'
   - '!**/*.rst'
+
+sglang:
   - 'examples/backends/sglang/**'
   - 'components/src/dynamo/sglang/**'
   - 'container/templates/sglang_*'
-
-trtllm:
   - '!**/*.md'
   - '!**/*.rst'
+
+trtllm:
   - 'container/deps/trtllm/**'
   - 'examples/backends/trtllm/**'
   - 'components/src/dynamo/trtllm/**'
   - 'container/build_trtllm_wheel.sh'
   - 'container/templates/trtllm_*'
-
-frontend:
   - '!**/*.md'
   - '!**/*.rst'
+
+frontend:
   - *ci
   - '.cargo/config.toml'
   - 'lib/**'
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ frontend:
   - 'components/src/dynamo/common/**'
   - 'deploy/inference-gateway/**'
   - 'container/templates/frontend.Dockerfile'
+  - '!**/*.md'
+  - '!**/*.rst'
 
 rust:
   - '.github/workflows/pre-merge.yml'