From 16f6e9fcafe24fbde866b68c8aa53194c9d12926 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mikkel Christensen <christensen.mikkel@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:20:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Attempt with a simpler collector step

---
 .github/workflows/paths-filtering-tests.yml | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/paths-filtering-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/paths-filtering-tests.yml
index 0feaa66..f097450 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/paths-filtering-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/paths-filtering-tests.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,4 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ always() }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      # If changes are not in scope, we're good. The 'skipped' value check is just a safeguard.
-      - if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.inScope != 'true' && needs.in-scope.result == 'skipped' }}
-        run: exit 0
+      - run: exit ${{ needs.in-scope.result == 'success' || needs.changes.outputs.inScope != 'true' }}

From 4e192ba86327cf89feec9bf16c8acfd6d79378ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mikkel Christensen <christensen.mikkel@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:38:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Attempt to convert a bool to int via a ternary, and also
 naming

the corresponding variable.
---
 .github/workflows/paths-filtering-tests.yml | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/paths-filtering-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/paths-filtering-tests.yml
index f097450..b6f2cb0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/paths-filtering-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/paths-filtering-tests.yml
@@ -43,5 +43,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [changes, in-scope]
     if: ${{ always() }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      exitCode: ${{ (needs.in-scope.result == 'success' || needs.changes.outputs.inScope != 'true') && 1 || 0 }}
     steps:
-      - run: exit ${{ needs.in-scope.result == 'success' || needs.changes.outputs.inScope != 'true' }}
+      - run: exit ${{ env.exitCode }}

From 2dff428a1bde1cf20e6ec6d755fa639e92d17f04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mikkel Christensen <christensen.mikkel@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:39:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Reversing integere values returned by ternary (0 means
 success

in an exit code).
---
 .github/workflows/paths-filtering-tests.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/paths-filtering-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/paths-filtering-tests.yml
index b6f2cb0..1e04e9d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/paths-filtering-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/paths-filtering-tests.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ always() }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
-      exitCode: ${{ (needs.in-scope.result == 'success' || needs.changes.outputs.inScope != 'true') && 1 || 0 }}
+      exitCode: ${{ (needs.in-scope.result == 'success' || needs.changes.outputs.inScope != 'true') && 0 || 1 }}
     steps:
       - run: exit ${{ env.exitCode }}

From 7f3fec7ec72c8038044f360025feda639b989c43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mikkel Christensen <christensen.mikkel@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:57:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Spelling out an if-else-compatible construction to avoid
 invisible

conversions and having to work with bash literals and comparisons.
---
 .github/workflows/paths-filtering-tests.yml | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/paths-filtering-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/paths-filtering-tests.yml
index 1e04e9d..715b266 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/paths-filtering-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/paths-filtering-tests.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ always() }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
-      exitCode: ${{ (needs.in-scope.result == 'success' || needs.changes.outputs.inScope != 'true') && 0 || 1 }}
+      checkPassed: ${{ needs.in-scope.result == 'success' || needs.changes.outputs.inScope != 'true' }}
     steps:
-      - run: exit ${{ env.exitCode }}
+      - if: ${{ env.checkPassed }}
+        run: exit 0
+      - if: ${{ !env.checkPassed }}
+        run: exit 1