diff --git a/scripts/common.sh b/scripts/common.sh
index f392525683..f747bd7436 100755
--- a/scripts/common.sh
+++ b/scripts/common.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ function get_modified_pipelines() {
   local -r commitToCompare=${1}
   local -r -a pipelines=($(get_versioned_pipelines))
   local -r -a changedWdls=($(git diff --name-only HEAD ${commitToCompare} | grep -E '.*\.wdl' | xargs -n1 basename))
+  # local -r -a changedWdls=($(git diff --name-only HEAD ${commitToCompare} | grep -E '.*\.wdl' | xargs -n1 basename || echo ""))
   local -a modifiedPipelines=()
   for pipeline in ${pipelines[@]}; do
     if [[ " ${changedWdls[@]}" =~ " $(basename ${pipeline})" ]]; then