From 4d3acfdcd317376536b97d9ed34e63e072fe60c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cloud <895682100@qq.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:37:53 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix star history fallback on fetch errors

Fail when the remote branch check fails; use the seed only when the branch does not exist.
---
 .github/workflows/update-star-history.yml | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-star-history.yml b/.github/workflows/update-star-history.yml
index 10463a1a..2a88d93e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-star-history.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-star-history.yml
@@ -38,9 +38,15 @@ jobs:
           history_dir="$RUNNER_TEMP/star-history"
           mkdir -p "$history_dir"
 
-          if git fetch --quiet --depth=1 origin refs/heads/star-history; then
+          if git ls-remote --quiet --exit-code --heads origin refs/heads/star-history > /dev/null; then
+            git fetch --quiet --depth=1 origin refs/heads/star-history
             git show FETCH_HEAD:star-history.json > "$history_dir/star-history.json"
           else
+            remote_status=$?
+            if [[ "$remote_status" -ne 2 ]]; then
+              echo "Failed to check the remote star-history branch." >&2
+              exit "$remote_status"
+            fi
             cp .github/data/star-history.json "$history_dir/star-history.json"
           fi