Enhance GitHub workflows to conditionally run tests based on file changes. Added checks for 'circuits' in circuits.yml and 'contracts' or 'common' in contracts.yml to determine if tests should execute on dev branch. This avoids too wide changelist in trigger filter that is problematic

.github/workflows/circuits.yml

@@ -5,11 +5,34 @@ on:
       - dev
       - staging
       - main
-    paths:
-      - "circuits/**"
 jobs:
+  check_changes:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    outputs:
+      should_run: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.should_run }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Check if should run
+        id: filter
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ github.base_ref }}" == "main" ]] || [[ "${{ github.base_ref }}" == "staging" ]]; then
+            echo "should_run=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "Running for ${{ github.base_ref }} - no path filter"
+          else
+            # For dev branch, check if circuits files changed
+            if git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }}...HEAD | grep -q "^circuits/"; then
+              echo "should_run=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+              echo "Running for dev - circuits files changed"
+            else
+              echo "should_run=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+              echo "Skipping for dev - no circuits files changed"
+            fi
+          fi
+
   run_circuit_tests:
-    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
+    needs: check_changes
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false && needs.check_changes.outputs.should_run == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: development
     permissions:

.github/workflows/contracts.yml

@@ -5,17 +5,39 @@ on:
       - dev
       - staging
       - main
-    paths:
-      - "contracts/**"
-      - "common/**"
 
 concurrency:
   group: contracts-ci-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  check_changes:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    outputs:
+      should_run: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.should_run }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Check if should run
+        id: filter
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ github.base_ref }}" == "main" ]] || [[ "${{ github.base_ref }}" == "staging" ]]; then
+            echo "should_run=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "Running for ${{ github.base_ref }} - no path filter"
+          else
+            # For dev branch, check if contracts or common files changed
+            if git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }}...HEAD | grep -qE "^(contracts|common)/"; then
+              echo "should_run=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+              echo "Running for dev - contracts or common files changed"
+            else
+              echo "should_run=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+              echo "Skipping for dev - no contracts or common files changed"
+            fi
+          fi
+
   test_contracts:
-    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
+    needs: check_changes
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false && needs.check_changes.outputs.should_run == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: development
     steps: