From cdab9067c39269e6ab9ba340422247b6630e70dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CEbbinghaus <git@cebbinghaus.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 16:57:01 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Added check to Create too

---
 github/resource_github_branch_default.go | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/github/resource_github_branch_default.go b/github/resource_github_branch_default.go
index 661ae49f42..790aa23c8e 100644
--- a/github/resource_github_branch_default.go
+++ b/github/resource_github_branch_default.go
@@ -60,8 +60,11 @@ func resourceGithubBranchDefaultCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if _, _, err := client.Repositories.RenameBranch(ctx, owner, repoName, *repository.DefaultBranch, defaultBranch); err != nil {
-			return err
+
+		if defaultBranch != *repository.DefaultBranch {
+			if _, _, err := client.Repositories.RenameBranch(ctx, owner, repoName, *repository.DefaultBranch, defaultBranch); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		repository := &github.Repository{