first pass at refactoring the github testing

Author: aabrown100-git

.github/workflows/test_controller.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+name: test_controller
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+
+jobs:
+  check_for_changes:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      run_full_tests: ${{ steps.set-outputs.outputs.run_full_tests }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
+        id: filter
+        with:
+          filters: |
+            code:
+              - 'Code/**'
+            tests:
+              - 'tests/**'
+      - name: Set consolidated outputs
+        id: set-outputs
+        env:
+          CODE: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.code || 'false' }}
+          TESTS: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.tests || 'false' }}
+        run: |
+          if [ "${CODE}" = "true" ] || [ "${TESTS}" = "true" ]; then
+            RUN_FULL_TESTS=true
+          else
+            RUN_FULL_TESTS=false
+          fi
+          echo "run_full_tests=${RUN_FULL_TESTS}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+  # Dummy job that always passes when no code/tests changed
+  test:
+    needs: check_for_changes
+    if: ${{ needs.check_for_changes.outputs.run_full_tests == 'false' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: No relevant changes
+        run: echo "✅ Docs-only change, skipping tests."
+
+  # Call Ubuntu reusable workflow
+  test-ubuntu:
+    needs: check_for_changes
+    if: ${{ needs.check_for_changes.outputs.run_full_tests == 'true' }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/test_ubuntu.yml
+
+  # Call macOS reusable workflow
+  test-macos:
+    needs: check_for_changes
+    if: ${{ needs.check_for_changes.outputs.run_full_tests == 'true' }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/test_macos.yml

.github/workflows/test_macos.yml

@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
-name: macos-latest
+name: test-ubuntu
+
 on:
-  push: 
-    paths:
-      - 'Code/**'
-      - 'tests/**'
-      - '.github/**'
-  pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - 'Code/**'
-      - 'tests/**'
-      - '.github/**'
+  workflow_call:
 jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: macos-latest

.github/workflows/test_ubuntu.yml

@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
-name: ubuntu-latest
-on: 
-  push: 
-    paths:
-      - 'Code/**'
-      - 'tests/**'
-      - '.github/**'
-  pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - 'Code/**'
-      - 'tests/**'
-      - '.github/**'
+name: test-ubuntu
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
 jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest