Ruleset to allow non-PR pushes on a specific folder

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In an existing repository we require pull requests before merging. I want to allow pushes directly to the main branch as long as the changes are only in one specific folder (and subfolder): docs.

This will allow us to keep enforcing code reviews via PR but loosen those requirements regarding docs changes. This enable us to support some auto-commit-push scenarios when updating docs content which would be desired in our case.

From my understanding rulesets seems what would give us such flexibility, but it seems to me I would need to list all non docs folders to apply the branch protection, instead of loosing the restriction in docs. This has the effect that any top level folder would allow non-PR changes which is not desired.

Any suggestion on how to loose the "require pull requests before merging" on a specific folder?

Thanks

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