_state fix in write mode

Author: johnstonmatt

src/tfstate/git/read-state.ts

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export async function pullStateForTerraform({
   }
 
   // pull the latest changes from _state branch
-  // (required in environments where _state is persisted)
+  // (required in environments where _state is persisted to disk)
   // eg. cndi show-outputs locally
   try {
     await git.pull("origin", "_state");

src/tfstate/git/write-state.ts

@@ -116,26 +116,13 @@ export async function pushStateFromTerraform({
   }
 
   // pull the latest changes from _state branch
-  // (required in environments where _state is persisted)
+  // (required in environments where _state is persisted to disk)
   // eg. cndi show-outputs locally
   try {
     await git.pull("origin", "_state");
-  } catch (errorPullingState) {
-    if (errorPullingState instanceof Error) {
-      return new ErrOut(
-        [
-          ccolors.error("failed to pull state from _state branch"),
-          ccolors.error("likely because you have no _state branch"),
-          ccolors.error("or your _state branch is not up to date"),
-        ],
-        {
-          code: 1005,
-          label,
-          id: "read-state/pull-state/!pull",
-          metadata: { cmd, originalBranch },
-        },
-      );
-    }
+  } catch (_errorPullingState) {
+    // this can fail if _state branch does not exist
+    // carry on anyway
   }
 
   const encryptedState = await encrypt(state!, secret);