update workflows to trigger on path changes

.github/workflows/backend.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: running build
+name: backend jobs
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -7,12 +7,15 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
+    paths: # comment this out if you are updating actions
+      - 'backend/**'
 
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
 
+
 jobs:
-  build-backend:
+  build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: rust:1.86-bullseye
     defaults:
@@ -49,22 +52,3 @@ jobs:
     - name: Ensure schema and query metadata are in sync
       run: cargo sqlx prepare --check
 
-  lint-format-frontend:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        working-directory: ./frontend
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - name: Setup
-      uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-      with:
-        node-version: 22
-        cache: 'npm'
-        cache-dependency-path: frontend/package-lock.json
-
-    - run: npm ci
-    - run: npm run lint
-    - run: npm run check-format
-    

.github/workflows/frontend.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: frontend jobs
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths: # comment this out if you are updating actions and need to test
+      - 'frontend/**'
+
+jobs:
+  check-lint-format:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: ./frontend
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - run: git diff --name-status  -- path/to/directory/
+
+    - name: Setup
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      with:
+        node-version: 22
+        cache: 'npm'
+        cache-dependency-path: frontend/package-lock.json
+
+    - run: npm ci
+    - run: npm run lint
+    - run: npm run check-format
+    

.github/workflows/publish_images.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Publish container image
+name: publish container image
 
 on:
   release: