catch errors when finding tags on next

packages/core/src/__tests__/auto.test.ts

@@ -1378,6 +1378,31 @@ describe("Auto", () => {
       await auto.next({});
       expect(afterRelease).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
+
+    test("falls back to first commit when there are no tags", async () => {
+      const auto = new Auto({ ...defaults, plugins: [] });
+
+      // @ts-ignore
+      auto.checkClean = () => Promise.resolve(true);
+      auto.logger = dummyLog();
+      await auto.loadConfig();
+      auto.remote = "origin";
+      auto.git!.publish = () => Promise.resolve({} as any);
+      auto.git!.getLastTagNotInBaseBranch = () => Promise.reject(new Error("Test"));
+      auto.git!.getLatestTagInBranch = () => Promise.reject(new Error("Test"));
+      auto.git!.getLatestRelease = () => Promise.resolve("abcd");
+      auto.release!.generateReleaseNotes = () => Promise.resolve("notes");
+      auto.release!.getCommitsInRelease = () =>
+        Promise.resolve([makeCommitFromMsg("Test Commit")]);
+
+      const afterRelease = jest.fn();
+      auto.hooks.afterRelease.tap("test", afterRelease);
+      auto.hooks.next.tap("test", () => ["1.2.4-next.0"]);
+      jest.spyOn(auto.release!, "getCommits").mockImplementation();
+
+      await auto.next({});
+      expect(afterRelease).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
   });
 
   describe("shipit", () => {

packages/core/src/auto.ts

@@ -1279,10 +1279,18 @@ export default class Auto {
     );
     const lastRelease =
       initialForkCommit || (await this.git.getLatestRelease());
+
+    const [, lastTagNotInBaseBranch] = await on(
+      this.git.getLastTagNotInBaseBranch(currentBranch!)
+    );
+    const [, latestTagInBranch] = await on(
+      this.git.getLatestTagInBranch(currentBranch)
+    );
     const lastTag =
-      (await this.git.getLastTagNotInBaseBranch(currentBranch!)) ||
-      (await this.git.getLatestTagInBranch(currentBranch)) ||
+      lastTagNotInBaseBranch ||
+      latestTagInBranch ||
       (await this.git.getFirstCommit());
+
     const fullReleaseNotes = await this.release.generateReleaseNotes(
       lastRelease
     );