github_repository_file creation will panic

[magodo]

Affected Resource(s)

github_repository_file

Terraform Configuration Files

resource "github_repository_file" "foo" {
  repository          = github_repository.foo.name
  branch              = "main"
  file                = ".gitignore"
  content             = "**/*.tfstate"
  commit_message      = "Managed by Terraform"
  commit_author       = "Terraform User"
  commit_email        = "[email protected]"
}

Debug Output

2021-03-17T10:07:05.767+0800 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-github_v4.5.2: goroutine 25 [running]:
2021-03-17T10:07:05.767+0800 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-github_v4.5.2: github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/schema.(*ResourceData).Set(0xc0002a2e70, 0x10ffeba, 0x6, 0xf0ea80, 0xc0001de6f0, 0xc000792370, 0x42)
2021-03-17T10:07:05.767+0800 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-github_v4.5.2: 	github.com/hashicorp/[email protected]/helper/schema/resource_data.go:206 +0x2ee
2021-03-17T10:07:05.767+0800 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-github_v4.5.2: github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-github/github.resourceGithubRepositoryFileCreate(0xc0002a2e70, 0xedc5a0, 0xc00020c780, 0x2, 0x1b4daa0)
2021-03-17T10:07:05.767+0800 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-github_v4.5.2: 	github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-github/github/resource_github_repository_file.go:207 +0x7de
2021-03-17T10:07:05.767+0800 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-github_v4.5.2: github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/schema.(*Resource).Apply(0xc0002a7280, 0xc00026caa0, 0xc0001beda0, 0xedc5a0, 0xc00020c780, 0xf78001, 0xc0000b2368, 0xc00050d590)
2021-03-17T10:07:05.767+0800 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-github_v4.5.2: 	github.com/hashicorp/[email protected]/helper/schema/resource.go:305 +0x365
2021-03-17T10:07:05.767+0800 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-github_v4.5.2: github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/schema.(*Provider).Apply(0xc0000a4400, 0xc0005738e0, 0xc00026caa0, 0xc0001beda0, 0xc0003a0e08, 0xc00000e368, 0xf79ce0)
2021-03-17T10:07:05.767+0800 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-github_v4.5.2: 	github.com/hashicorp/[email protected]/helper/schema/provider.go:294 +0x99
2021-03-17T10:07:05.767+0800 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-github_v4.5.2: github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/internal/helper/plugin.(*GRPCProviderServer).ApplyResourceChange(0xc00000e020, 0x13743c0, 0xc00050c930, 0xc00070cd20, 0xc00000e020, 0xc00050c930, 0xc000530a48)
2021-03-17T10:07:05.767+0800 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-github_v4.5.2: 	github.com/hashicorp/[email protected]/internal/helper/plugin/grpc_provider.go:885 +0x8b4
2021-03-17T10:07:05.767+0800 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-github_v4.5.2: github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/internal/tfplugin5._Provider_ApplyResourceChange_Handler(0x10b77a0, 0xc00000e020, 0x13743c0, 0xc00050c930, 0xc00070ccc0, 0x0, 0x13743c0, 0xc00050c930, 0xc00054ac00, 0x10b3)
2021-03-17T10:07:05.767+0800 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-github_v4.5.2: 	github.com/hashicorp/[email protected]/internal/tfplugin5/tfplugin5.pb.go:3189 +0x217
2021-03-17T10:07:05.767+0800 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-github_v4.5.2: google.golang.org/grpc.(*Server).processUnaryRPC(0xc0004fe2c0, 0x137e380, 0xc000703680, 0xc0001a8300, 0xc000288cc0, 0x1b135a0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0)
2021-03-17T10:07:05.767+0800 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-github_v4.5.2: 	google.golang.org/[email protected]/server.go:995 +0x460
2021-03-17T10:07:05.767+0800 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-github_v4.5.2: google.golang.org/grpc.(*Server).handleStream(0xc0004fe2c0, 0x137e380, 0xc000703680, 0xc0001a8300, 0x0)
2021-03-17T10:07:05.767+0800 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-github_v4.5.2: 	google.golang.org/[email protected]/server.go:1275 +0xd3d
2021-03-17T10:07:05.767+0800 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-github_v4.5.2: google.golang.org/grpc.(*Server).serveStreams.func1.1(0xc0007121c0, 0xc0004fe2c0, 0x137e380, 0xc000703680, 0xc0001a8300)
2021-03-17T10:07:05.767+0800 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-github_v4.5.2: 	google.golang.org/[email protected]/server.go:710 +0xa1
2021-03-17T10:07:05.767+0800 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-github_v4.5.2: created by google.golang.org/grpc.(*Server).serveStreams.func1
2021-03-17T10:07:05.767+0800 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-github_v4.5.2: 	google.golang.org/[email protected]/server.go:708 +0xa1
2021-03-17T10:07:05.769+0800 [DEBUG] plugin: plugin process exited: path=.terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/github/4.5.2/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-github_v4.5.2 pid=19110 error="exit status 2"

Steps to Reproduce

Please list the steps required to reproduce the issue, for example:

1. terraform apply

References

#732 shall fix this.

[jcudit]

Thanks for root causing this and coming through with the fix ❤️

Got this queued for some light testing but likely will ship with the next release.