Move output variable setting to azure-pipelines.yml inline script and clean up formatting

Co-authored-by: johlju <[email protected]>

Author: Copilot

.build/README.md

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ The script checks for changes to:
 3. **Public Commands**: Commands that are actually used by DSC resources or classes (dynamically discovered)
 4. **Private Functions**: Functions used by the monitored public commands or class-based DSC resources
 5. **Integration Tests**: DSC resource integration test files under `tests/Integration/Resources/`
-6. **Pipeline Configuration**: Azure Pipelines configuration and build scripts
 
 ## Usage
 

.build/Test-ShouldRunDscResourceIntegrationTests.ps1

@@ -492,10 +492,10 @@ if ($MyInvocation.InvocationName -ne '.')
         Write-Host "RESULT: DSC resource integration tests will be SKIPPED"
     }
 
-    # Set Azure DevOps output variable for pipeline conditions
-    Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=ShouldRunDscResourceIntegrationTests;isOutput=true]$shouldRun"
-    
-    # Also output as regular output for local testing
+    # Output the result for the calling script to capture
     Write-Output -InputObject ""
     Write-Output -InputObject "ShouldRunDscResourceIntegrationTests: $shouldRun"
+    
+    # Return the boolean value for pipeline script to use
+    return $shouldRun
 }

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -96,12 +96,15 @@ stages:
                 if (-not $env:SYSTEM_PULLREQUEST_TARGETBRANCH) {
                     $targetBranch = "origin/main"
                 }
-                
+
                 Write-Output "Target branch: $targetBranch"
                 Write-Output "Current branch: HEAD"
-                
+
                 # Run the script to determine if DSC resource integration tests should run
-                ./.build/Test-ShouldRunDscResourceIntegrationTests.ps1 -BaseBranch $targetBranch -CurrentBranch HEAD
+                $shouldRun = ./.build/Test-ShouldRunDscResourceIntegrationTests.ps1 -BaseBranch $targetBranch -CurrentBranch HEAD
+                
+                # Set Azure DevOps output variable for pipeline conditions
+                Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=ShouldRunDscResourceIntegrationTests;isOutput=true]$shouldRun"
               pwsh: true
 
       - job: Test_HQRM