try something else

Author: DaughterOfMars

.github/workflows/_rust.yml

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: rust-lints
     runs-on: [self-hosted-x64]
     outputs:
-      components: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.changes || '[]' }}
+      components: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.changes }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@eef61447b9ff4aafe5dcd4e0bbf5d482be7e7871 # v4.2.1
       - uses: dorny/paths-filter@de90cc6fb38fc0963ad72b210f1f284cd68cea36 # v3.0.2
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: [self-hosted-x64]
     if: (!cancelled() && !failure())
     outputs:
-      components: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.changes || '[]' }}
+      components: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.changes }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@eef61447b9ff4aafe5dcd4e0bbf5d482be7e7871 # v4.2.1
       - uses: dorny/paths-filter@de90cc6fb38fc0963ad72b210f1f284cd68cea36 # v3.0.2
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ jobs:
       isMoveExampleUsedByOthers: ${{ inputs.isMoveExampleUsedByOthers }}
       runSimtest: true
       testOnlyChangedCrates: true
-      changedCrates: ${{ join(fromJson(needs.crates-changes.outputs.components), ' ') }}
-      changedExternalCrates: ${{ join(fromJson(needs.external-changes.outputs.components), ' ') }}
+      changedCrates: ${{ join(fromJson(needs.crates-changes.outputs.components || '[]'), ' ') }}
+      changedExternalCrates: ${{ join(fromJson(needs.external-changes.outputs.components || '[]'), ' ') }}
 
   execution-cut:
     if: (!cancelled() && !failure() && inputs.isRust)