diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang_format.yml b/.github/workflows/clang_format.yml
index 3e5fd97d..34450833 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang_format.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang_format.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
   pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'tesseract**'
+      - '.github/workflows/clang_format.yml'
+      - '**clang-format'
 
   # allow manually starting this workflow
   workflow_dispatch:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index 347c51fb..d2e19e09 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ jobs:
           registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          
+      - name: Adjust branch name for Docker tag
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ github.ref }}" == "refs/heads/main" ]]; then
+            echo "BRANCH_NAME=master" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          else
+            echo "BRANCH_NAME=${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          fi
 
       - name: Extract Docker meta-information
         id: meta
@@ -48,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
             prefix=
             suffix=
           tags: |
-            type=ref,event=branch,prefix=${{ matrix.distro }}-
+            type=ref,event=branch,prefix=${{ matrix.distro }}-,value=${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}
             type=raw,event=pr,prefix=${{ matrix.distro }}-,value=master
             type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}},prefix=${{ matrix.distro }}-
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
index ace2f347..7ca9beba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
   pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'tesseract**'
+      - '.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml'
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 5 * * *'
   release:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unstable.yml b/.github/workflows/unstable.yml
index d5cd3b1a..a0077d66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unstable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unstable.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
   pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'tesseract**'
+      - '.github/workflows/unstable.yml'
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 5 * * *'
   release: