Return an empty array when dependencies is an empty array

What does this MR do?

Return an empty array when dependencies is an empty array

Are there points in the code the reviewer needs to double check?

Why was this MR needed?

The official documentation documentation says dependencies: [] in .gitlab-ci.yml will disable downloading artifacts from previous stages. 9.0 introduced a regression that broke this behaviour.

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Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?

• Changelog entry added, if necessary
• Documentation created/updated
• API support added
• Tests
  • Added for this feature/bug
  • All builds are passing
• Conform by the merge request performance guides
• Conform by the style guides
• Branch has no merge conflicts with master (if it does - rebase it please)
• Squashed related commits together

What are the relevant issue numbers?

Closes #30316 (closed)