From 69b130a3f239590f828f0e4f6f6c0a872b17548b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erez Rokah <erezrokah@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 17:06:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(backend-github-graphql): return empty array on non
 existent folder (#3079)

When starting a new project, usually collection folders don't exist in the repo. This is a legitimate use case and not an error.
---
 packages/netlify-cms-backend-github/src/GraphQLAPI.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/netlify-cms-backend-github/src/GraphQLAPI.js b/packages/netlify-cms-backend-github/src/GraphQLAPI.js
index d231197c..b8ce0c1f 100644
--- a/packages/netlify-cms-backend-github/src/GraphQLAPI.js
+++ b/packages/netlify-cms-backend-github/src/GraphQLAPI.js
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ export default class GraphQLAPI extends API {
       const allFiles = this.getAllFiles(data.repository.object.entries, path);
       return allFiles;
     } else {
-      throw new APIError('Not Found', 404, 'GitHub');
+      return [];
     }
   }