fix: improve change detection for GHAs (#27904)

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -3,13 +3,9 @@ name: "CodeQL"
 on:
   push:
     branches: ["master", "[0-9].[0-9]"]
-    paths:
-      - "superset/**"
   pull_request:
     # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
     branches: ["master"]
-    paths:
-      - "superset/**"
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 4 * * *"
 
@@ -37,6 +33,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Check for file changes
+        id: check
+        uses: ./.github/actions/change-detector/
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
       # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
         uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ jobs:
           # queries: security-extended,security-and-quality
 
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+        if: steps.check.outputs.python || steps.check.outputs.frontend
         uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
         with:
           category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"