[ci-tools]: enable the build_images_if_affected feature

[droslean]

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Updated build configuration to automatically regenerate images when relevant inputs are affected, improving build consistency.

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• ci-operator/config/openshift/ci-tools/openshift-ci-tools-main.yaml

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Walkthrough

Added a configuration key build_images_if_affected set to true in the CI operator's main configuration file for the openshift/ci-tools repository. This enables conditional image building based on affected inputs.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
CI Operator Configuration ci-operator/config/openshift/ci-tools/openshift-ci-tools-main.yaml	Added build_images_if_affected: true configuration key to enable image builds when inputs are affected.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~2 minutes

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 10

✅ Passed checks (10 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately describes the main change: enabling the build_images_if_affected feature in the ci-tools configuration.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Stable And Deterministic Test Names	✅ Passed	This PR modifies only a YAML configuration file, adding a build_images_if_affected field. No Ginkgo test code is present, so the custom check does not apply.
Test Structure And Quality	✅ Passed	Custom check for Ginkgo test code structure is not applicable; PR only modifies YAML configuration file without test code changes.
Microshift Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	The pull request only modifies a CI operator configuration YAML file with no new test code added, making the MicroShift Test Compatibility check not applicable.
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	This pull request does not introduce any new Ginkgo e2e tests; only a CI operator configuration change is present.
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility	✅ Passed	This PR only modifies a CI-operator configuration file to add a build-time feature flag. It does not introduce Kubernetes deployment manifests, operator code, controllers, or any scheduling constraints.
Ote Binary Stdout Contract	✅ Passed	The OTE Binary Stdout Contract check is not applicable to this pull request as it only modifies a YAML configuration file without any executable code changes.
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	PR only modifies CI/CD configuration file, no new Ginkgo e2e tests added; check not applicable.

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Note: If this PR includes changes to step registry files (ci-operator/step-registry/) and you expected jobs to be found, try rebasing your PR onto the base branch. This helps pj-rehearse accurately detect changes when the base branch has moved forward.

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[droslean]

openshift/ci-tools#5105

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Test name	Commit	Details	Required	Rerun command
ci/prow/ci-operator-config-metadata	de5cb93	link	true	/test ci-operator-config-metadata

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