[7.17] [CI] Add suggestion from #189316 (#189765) (#189826)

# Backport

This will backport the following commits from `main` to `7.17`:
- [[CI] Add suggestion from #189316
(#189765)](#189765)

<!--- Backport version: 8.9.8 -->

### Questions ?
Please refer to the [Backport tool
documentation](https://github.com/sqren/backport)

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BACKPORT-->

.buildkite/scripts/common/util.sh

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ check_for_changed_files() {
   GIT_CHANGES="$(git ls-files --modified -- . ':!:.bazelrc')"
 
   if [ "$GIT_CHANGES" ]; then
-    if [[ "$SHOULD_AUTO_COMMIT_CHANGES" == "true" && "${BUILDKITE_PULL_REQUEST:-}" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$SHOULD_AUTO_COMMIT_CHANGES" == "true" && "${BUILDKITE_PULL_REQUEST:-false}" != "false" ]]; then
       NEW_COMMIT_MESSAGE="[CI] Auto-commit changed files from '$1'"
       PREVIOUS_COMMIT_MESSAGE="$(git log -1 --pretty=%B)"