fix: move replace logic up further

Author: Tristan payne

dist/index.js

@@ -8383,17 +8383,15 @@ function createBranch(github, context, branch) {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         const toolkit = new github(githubToken());
         let branchExists;
+        // Sometimes branch might come in with refs/heads already
+        branch = branch.replace('refs/heads/', '');
         // throws HttpError if branch already exists.
         try {
             yield toolkit.repos.getBranch(Object.assign({}, context.repo, { branch }));
             branchExists = true;
         }
         catch (error) {
             if (error.name === 'HttpError' && error.status === 404) {
-                // Sometimes branch might come in with refs/heads already
-                console.log(`Incoming Branch: ${branch}`);
-                branch = branch.replace('refs/heads/', '');
-                console.log(`Replaced branch: ${branch}`);
                 yield toolkit.git.createRef(Object.assign({ ref: `refs/heads/${branch}`, sha: context.sha }, context.repo));
             }
             else {

src/create-branch.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import { GitHub } from "@actions/github";
 export async function createBranch(github: any, context: Context, branch: string) {
   const toolkit : GitHub = new github(githubToken());
     let branchExists;
+    // Sometimes branch might come in with refs/heads already
+    branch = branch.replace('refs/heads/', '');
+    
     // throws HttpError if branch already exists.
     try {
       await toolkit.repos.getBranch({
@@ -14,10 +17,6 @@ export async function createBranch(github: any, context: Context, branch: string
       branchExists = true;
     } catch(error) {
       if(error.name === 'HttpError' && error.status === 404) {
-        // Sometimes branch might come in with refs/heads already
-        console.log(`Incoming Branch: ${branch}`);
-        branch = branch.replace('refs/heads/', '');
-        console.log(`Replaced branch: ${branch}`);
         await toolkit.git.createRef({
           ref: `refs/heads/${branch}`,
           sha: context.sha,