Streamline check_for_changes logic

Author: aabrown100-git

.github/workflows/test_controller.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ on:
   push:
 
 jobs:
+  # This job checks if there are any changes to important code files. Specifically
+  # - Code/**
+  # - tests/**
+  # - .github/**
+  # If there are any changes, the job will set the run_full_tests output to true.
+  # If there are no changes, the job will set the run_full_tests output to false.
   check_for_changes:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
@@ -15,22 +21,18 @@ jobs:
         id: filter
         with:
           filters: |
-            code:
+            relevant:
               - 'Code/**'
-            tests:
               - 'tests/**'
-      - name: Set consolidated outputs
+              - '.github/**'
+      - name: Set output
         id: set-outputs
-        env:
-          CODE: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.code || 'false' }}
-          TESTS: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.tests || 'false' }}
         run: |
-          if [ "${CODE}" = "true" ] || [ "${TESTS}" = "true" ]; then
-            RUN_FULL_TESTS=true
+          if [ "${{ steps.filter.outputs.relevant }}" = "true" ]; then
+            echo "run_full_tests=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           else
-            RUN_FULL_TESTS=false
+            echo "run_full_tests=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           fi
-          echo "run_full_tests=${RUN_FULL_TESTS}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
   # Dummy job that always passes when no code/tests changed
   test: