improve data refresh check

Author: essential-randomness

.github/workflows/data-refresh-validation.yaml

@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+    # Only trigger when mock data or snapshots change
+    paths:
+      - "tests/mocks/data/**"
+      - "tests/snapshots/**"
 
 jobs:
   validate-data-refresh:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: startsWith(github.head_ref, 'data-refresh-')
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
@@ -25,21 +28,3 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: npm test
-
-  data-refresh-check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [validate-data-refresh]
-    if: always()
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Determine result
-        run: |
-          if [[ "${{ needs.validate-data-refresh.result }}" == "failure" ]]; then
-            echo "❌ Data refresh validation failed!"
-            echo "Tests are failing - please fix before merging."
-            exit 1
-          elif [[ "${{ needs.validate-data-refresh.result }}" == "success" ]]; then
-            echo "✅ Data refresh validation passed!"
-          else
-            echo "⏭️ Data refresh validation skipped (not a data-refresh PR)"
-          fi