chore: exclude running git diff job for the e2e quality gate in develop, master and release branches

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ develop_master_rc_only: &develop_master_rc_only
         - master
         - /^Version-v(\d+)[.](\d+)[.](\d+)/
 
+exclude_develop_master_rc: &exclude_develop_master_rc
+  filters:
+    branches:
+      ignore:
+        - develop
+        - master
+        - /^Version-v(\d+)[.](\d+)[.](\d+)/
 aliases:
   # Shallow Git Clone
   - &shallow-git-clone
@@ -106,6 +113,7 @@ workflows:
       - check-pr-tag
       - prep-deps
       - get-changed-files-with-git-diff:
+          <<: *exclude_develop_master_rc
           requires:
             - prep-deps
       - test-deps-audit:
@@ -203,7 +211,6 @@ workflows:
           <<: *develop_master_rc_only
           requires:
             - prep-build-confirmation-redesign-test-mv2
-            - get-changed-files-with-git-diff
       - test-e2e-chrome-rpc:
           requires:
             - prep-build-test
@@ -223,7 +230,6 @@ workflows:
           <<: *develop_master_rc_only
           requires:
             - prep-build-test-flask-mv2
-            - get-changed-files-with-git-diff
       - test-e2e-chrome-mmi:
           requires:
             - prep-build-test-mmi
@@ -243,7 +249,6 @@ workflows:
                 - /^Version-v(\d+)[.](\d+)[.](\d+)/
           requires:
             - prep-build
-            - get-changed-files-with-git-diff
       - test-unit-jest-main:
           requires:
             - prep-deps
@@ -488,6 +493,7 @@ jobs:
 
   # This job is used for the e2e quality gate.
   # It must be run before any job which uses the run-all.js script.
+  # The job is skipped in develop, master or RC branches.
   get-changed-files-with-git-diff:
     executor: node-browsers-small
     steps:

test/e2e/changedFilesUtil.js

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ async function readChangedFiles() {
     return changedFiles;
   } catch (error) {
     console.error('Error reading from file:', error);
-    return '';
+    return [];
   }
 }