GitFlow - improve check for changes (#3948)

Gitflow Implementation

.github/workflows/branch-name-check.yml

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 name: Branch Name Check
-# Description: Checks that the source branch name is valid for the target branch. This is used to ensure that PRs are only allowed to merge into the develop branch if they are from a feature, hotfix or release branch. Similarly, PRs are only allowed to merge into the main branch if they are from a hotfix or release branch.
 
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - develop
       - main
-    types: [opened, synchronize]
+    types: [opened, edited]
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         source_branch=$(jq -r .pull_request.head.ref "$GITHUB_EVENT_PATH")
         target_branch=$(jq -r .pull_request.base.ref "$GITHUB_EVENT_PATH")
-    
+
         echo "Source-branch=$source_branch" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         echo "target-branch=$target_branch" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
     

.github/workflows/unit-test.yml

@@ -12,20 +12,21 @@ on:
     branches:
       - develop
       - main
-    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, closed]
+    types: [opened, synchronize, edited, closed]
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  # Check for changes to Python code
-  python-changes:
-    name: Check for changes to Python code
+  check-files-changed:
+    name: Check for changes to python files and the openbb_terminal folder
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.event.pull_request.merged != true
     outputs:
       python-changes: ${{ steps.python-changes.outputs.python-changes }}
+      folder-changes: ${{ steps.folder-changes.outputs.folder-changes }}
+      check-changes: ${{ steps.check-changes.outputs.check-changes }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v1
@@ -35,8 +36,8 @@ jobs:
           # to be able to push to GitHub.
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      # Check for changes to Python code to avoid running tests unnecessarily
-      - name: Check for changes to Python code
+      # Check for changes to Python files to avoid running tests unnecessarily
+      - name: python file check
         id: python-changes
         run: |
           # Extract the source and target branches for the PR
@@ -50,15 +51,40 @@ jobs:
             echo "python-changes=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
 
+      # Check for changes to the openbb_terminal folder to avoid running tests unnecessarily
+      - name: Check for changes to the openbb_terminal folder
+        id: folder-changes
+        run: |
+          source_branch=$(jq -r .pull_request.head.ref "$GITHUB_EVENT_PATH")
+          target_branch=$(jq -r .pull_request.base.ref "$GITHUB_EVENT_PATH")
+
+          if git diff --name-only origin/$target_branch HEAD | grep -E "openbb_terminal\/.*"; then
+            echo "folder-changes=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "folder-changes=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+      
+      # combine the two checks into one
+      - name: Check for changes to python files or the openbb_terminal folder
+        id: check-changes
+        run: |
+          if [ ${{ steps.python-changes.outputs.python-changes }} == 'true' ] || [ ${{ steps.folder-changes.outputs.folder-changes }} == 'true' ]; then
+            echo "check-changes=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "check-changes=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
       - name: Show Output result for python-changes
         run: |
           echo "python-changes=${{ steps.python-changes.outputs.python-changes }}"
+          echo "folder-changes=${{ steps.folder-changes.outputs.folder-changes }}"
+          echo "check-changes=${{ steps.check-changes.outputs.check-changes }}"
 
   base-test:
     name: Base Tests - Ubuntu-latest - Python 3.9
-    needs: [python-changes]
+    needs: [check-files-changed]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: needs.python-changes.outputs.python-changes == 'true'
+    if: needs.check-files-changed.outputs.check-changes == 'true' && github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'develop'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -101,9 +127,8 @@ jobs:
 
   tests-python:
     name: Vanilla Python Tests - ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    needs: [python-changes, base-test]
+    needs: [check-files-changed, base-test]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    if: needs.python-changes.outputs.python-changes == 'true' && github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'develop' && github.event.pull_request.merged != true
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
@@ -209,7 +234,7 @@ jobs:
           MPLBACKEND: Agg
         run: |
           source $VENV
-          pytest tests/ --optimization
+          pytest tests/ --optimization --autodoc
 
       - name: Start Terminal and exit
         run: |