From f9ce81ab20cd728ac357f7f5c7801268683a4b44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefano Sibilia <stefano.sibilia@sparkfabrik.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 10:25:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] refs sparkfabrik-innovation-team/board#3833: Update parent
 group data source logic for project creation and auto-detection

---
 main.tf | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 175f0c9..fc7b82a 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ data "gitlab_group" "root_namespace" {
   full_path = local.project_root_namespace
 }
 
-# Data source for parent group when auto-detecting
+# Data source for parent group (used for project creation when not at root level, and for auto-detect mode)
 data "gitlab_group" "parent_group" {
-  count     = local.auto_detect_parent ? 1 : 0
+  count     = !var.operate_at_root_group_level && local.parent_group_path != "" ? 1 : 0
   full_path = local.parent_group_path
 }