From 2dee32570e174a5e257559980313bf5b35ff99a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lucas Bajolet <lucas.bajolet@hashicorp.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 14:29:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] backport of commit 7914464219346231d2c15c0128b0f051a053d9ab

---
 internal/hcp/registry/metadata/vcs.go | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/hcp/registry/metadata/vcs.go b/internal/hcp/registry/metadata/vcs.go
index 3084755a5..97b582dfc 100644
--- a/internal/hcp/registry/metadata/vcs.go
+++ b/internal/hcp/registry/metadata/vcs.go
@@ -53,13 +53,14 @@ func (g *Git) Type() string {
 }
 
 func (g *Git) Details() map[string]interface{} {
-	resp := map[string]interface{}{}
-
 	headRef, err := g.repo.Head()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("[ERROR] failed to get the git branch name: %s", err)
-	} else {
-		resp["ref"] = headRef.Name().Short()
+		log.Printf("[ERROR] failed to get reference to git HEAD: %s", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	resp := map[string]interface{}{
+		"ref": headRef.Name().Short(),
 	}
 
 	commit, err := g.repo.CommitObject(headRef.Hash())