Update git.ts

src/git.ts

@@ -21,53 +21,52 @@ export async function init(action: ActionInterface): Promise<void | Error> {
     info(`Deploying using ${action.tokenType}… 🔑`)
     info('Configuring git…')
 
-    // Keep trying to configure Git with various different methods until it works with a maximum of 2 attempts.
-    const ATTEMPT_LIMIT = 2
-
-    let attempt = 0
-
-    do {
-      attempt++
-
-      if (attempt > ATTEMPT_LIMIT) {
-        throw new Error()
-      }
-
-      if (attempt > 1) {
-        // Handles the 'fatal: not a git directory' error.
-        await execute(`git init`, action.workspace, action.silent)
-
+    async function configureGit(throwOnError: boolean) {
+      try {
         await execute(
-          `git commit -m "Initial commit" --allow-empty`,
+          `git config --global --add safe.directory "${action.workspace}"`,
           action.workspace,
           action.silent
         )
+
+        await execute(
+          `git config user.name "${action.name}"`,
+          action.workspace,
+          action.silent
+        )
+
+        await execute(
+          `git config user.email "${action.email}"`,
+          action.workspace,
+          action.silent
+        )
+
+        await execute(
+          `git config core.ignorecase false`,
+          action.workspace,
+          action.silent
+        )
+      } catch {
+        if (throwOnError) {
+          throw new Error()
+        }
       }
+    }
+
+    try {
+      await configureGit(false)
+    } catch {
+      // Attempt to re-run if initial configuration failed using git init.
+      await execute(`git init`, action.workspace, action.silent)
 
       await execute(
-        `git config --global --add safe.directory "${action.workspace}"`,
+        `git commit -m "Initial commit" --allow-empty`,
         action.workspace,
         action.silent
       )
       
-      await execute(
-        `git config user.name "${action.name}"`,
-        action.workspace,
-        action.silent
-      )
-
-      await execute(
-        `git config user.email "${action.email}"`,
-        action.workspace,
-        action.silent
-      )
-
-      await execute(
-        `git config core.ignorecase false`,
-        action.workspace,
-        action.silent
-      )
-    } while (attempt < ATTEMPT_LIMIT)
+      await configureGit(true)
+    }
 
     try {
       if ((process.env.CI && !action.sshKey) || action.isTest) {