From 0d1a3bb9f00b898d400dac99365180b133854041 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erez Rokah <erezrokah@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 16:32:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(backend-gitlab): use move commit action only if paths are
 different (#4064)

---
 packages/netlify-cms-backend-gitlab/src/API.ts | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/netlify-cms-backend-gitlab/src/API.ts b/packages/netlify-cms-backend-gitlab/src/API.ts
index fde4c6f2..26ba7771 100644
--- a/packages/netlify-cms-backend-gitlab/src/API.ts
+++ b/packages/netlify-cms-backend-gitlab/src/API.ts
@@ -478,8 +478,9 @@ export default class API {
         let path = trimStart(file.path, '/');
         let oldPath = undefined;
         if (fileExists) {
-          action = file.newPath ? CommitAction.MOVE : CommitAction.UPDATE;
           oldPath = file.newPath && path;
+          action =
+            file.newPath && file.newPath !== oldPath ? CommitAction.MOVE : CommitAction.UPDATE;
           path = file.newPath ? trimStart(file.newPath, '/') : path;
         }