feat(react-tinacms-github): GithubFile: Support committing newly crea…

…ted files
tinacms · Dec 18, 2020 · d13eb76 · d13eb76
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commit d13eb76
Showing 1 changed file with 11 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/packages/react-tinacms-github/src/github-client/GithubFile.ts b/packages/react-tinacms-github/src/github-client/GithubFile.ts
@@ -45,11 +45,20 @@ export class GithubFile {
     retryOnConflict = true
   ) => {
     const serializedContent = this.serialize ? this.serialize(data) : data
-    try {
-      if (!this.sha) {
+    if (!this.sha) {
+      try {
         const res = await this.cms.api.github.fetchFile(this.path)
         this.sha = res.sha
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (error.status === 404) {
+          this.sha = ''
+        } else {
+          this.cms.events.dispatch({ type: ERROR, error })
+          throw error
+        }
       }
+    }
+    try {
       const response = await this.cms.api.github.commit(
         this.path,
         this.sha,