Add checks around empty includenamespaces

Signed-off-by: Joseph <jvaikath@redhat.com>

Author: Joeavaikath

pkg/util/wildcard/expand.go

@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 func ShouldExpandWildcards(includes []string, excludes []string) bool {
+	// Empty includes is equivalent to * (match all) - don't expand
+	if len(includes) == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	wildcardFound := false
 	for _, include := range includes {
 		// Special case: "*" alone means "match all" - don't expand

pkg/util/wildcard/expand_test.go

@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ func TestShouldExpandWildcards(t *testing.T) {
 			excludes: []string{},
 			expected: false,
 		},
+		{
+			name:     "empty includes with wildcard excludes - should not expand",
+			includes: []string{},
+			excludes: []string{"ns*"},
+			expected: false,
+		},
 		{
 			name:     "complex wildcard patterns",
 			includes: []string{"*-prod"},
@@ -104,6 +110,7 @@ func TestShouldExpandWildcards(t *testing.T) {
 			excludes: []string{},
 			expected: false, // plus is literal, not wildcard
 		},
+		
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {