update test logic again

.github/workflows/nightly-test.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       notebooks: ${{ steps.get_nbs.outputs.notebooks }}
+      has_notebooks: ${{ steps.get_nbs.outputs.has_notebooks }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
@@ -53,18 +54,21 @@ jobs:
             | jq -R . \
             | jq -s -c .)
 
-          # 5) Default to an empty array if there's nothing left
-          if [ -z "$NB_JSON" ] || [ "$NB_JSON" = "[]" ]; then
-            NB_JSON="[]"
+          # 5) Output a boolean for gating
+          if [ "${#FILTERED_NBS[@]}" -gt 0 ]; then
+            echo "has_notebooks=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "has_notebooks=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
 
-          echo "All valid notebooks: $NB_JSON"
+          # 6) Also output the JSON array
           echo "notebooks=$NB_JSON" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   # ---------------------------------------------------------
   # 2) Test all notebooks in parallel
   # ---------------------------------------------------------
   test_all_notebooks:
+    if: ${{ needs.gather_all_notebooks.outputs.has_notebooks == 'true' }}
     needs: gather_all_notebooks
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       notebooks: ${{ steps.get_nbs.outputs.notebooks }}
+      has_notebooks: ${{ steps.get_nbs.outputs.has_notebooks }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
@@ -66,29 +67,34 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "All valid notebooks: $NB_JSON"
 
+          # 5) Check if there's anything in FILTERED_NBS
+          if [ "${#FILTERED_NBS[@]}" -gt 0 ]; then
+            echo "has_notebooks=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "has_notebooks=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
           echo "notebooks=$NB_JSON" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Debug
         run: |
-          echo "${{ steps.get_nbs.outputs.notebooks }}"
-          echo "${{ fromJson(steps.get_nbs.outputs.notebooks) }}"
-          echo "${{ fromJson(steps.get_nbs.outputs.notebooks).length }}"
+          echo "${{ steps.get_nbs.outputs.has_notebooks }}"
+
 
 
 
   # ---------------------------------------------------------
   # 2) Test each changed notebook in parallel
   # ---------------------------------------------------------
   test_notebooks:
-    if: ${{ fromJson(needs.gather_notebooks.outputs.notebooks).length > 0 }}
+    if: ${{ needs.gather_notebooks.outputs.has_notebooks == 'true' }}
     needs: gather_notebooks
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         notebook: ${{ fromJson(needs.gather_notebooks.outputs.notebooks) }}
 
-
     services:
       redis:
         image: redis/redis-stack-server:latest