From 7d13c9b096b21427eebbbcf9174d4241f65fe4af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: upodroid <cy@borg.dev>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 10:32:27 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] set map to nil if an empty string is passed

---
 build/root/Makefile                    | 2 ++
 test/e2e_node/remote/gce/gce_runner.go | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/build/root/Makefile b/build/root/Makefile
index 23f93a30f8b93..17d9945b78b0d 100644
--- a/build/root/Makefile
+++ b/build/root/Makefile
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ define TEST_E2E_NODE_HELP_INFO
 #  SSH_USER: For REMOTE=true only  SSH username to use.
 #  SSH_KEY: For REMOTE=true only. Path to SSH key to use.
 #  SSH_OPTIONS: For REMOTE=true only. SSH options to use.
+#  INSTANCE_TYPE: For REMOTE=true only. Machine type to use.
+#  NODE_ENV: For REMOTE=true only. Additional metadata keys to add the instance.
 #  RUNTIME_CONFIG: The runtime configuration for the API server on the node e2e tests.
 #
 # Example:
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/remote/gce/gce_runner.go b/test/e2e_node/remote/gce/gce_runner.go
index 27f542e90a809..a94238691cf51 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/remote/gce/gce_runner.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/remote/gce/gce_runner.go
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ func (e *envs) String() string {
 
 // Set function of flag.Value
 func (e *envs) Set(value string) error {
+	if value == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
 	kv := strings.SplitN(value, "=", 2)
 	if len(kv) != 2 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid env string %s", value)