From f021326e1f0ac9edd299f3f0a40b1994453aa1ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: laurentsimon <64505099+laurentsimon@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 15:00:12 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] catch error (#736)

---
 checks/branch_protected.go | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/checks/branch_protected.go b/checks/branch_protected.go
index 142ff3cd..bafca1ec 100644
--- a/checks/branch_protected.go
+++ b/checks/branch_protected.go
@@ -155,10 +155,8 @@ func isBranchProtected(branches []*github.Branch, name string) (bool, error) {
 func getProtectionAndCheck(ctx context.Context, r repositories, dl checker.DetailLogger, ownerStr, repoStr,
 	branch string) checker.CheckResult {
 	// We only call this if the branch is protected. An error indicates not found.
-	protection, resp, err := r.GetBranchProtection(ctx, ownerStr, repoStr, branch)
-
-	const fileNotFound = 404
-	if resp.StatusCode == fileNotFound {
+	protection, _, err := r.GetBranchProtection(ctx, ownerStr, repoStr, branch)
+	if err != nil {
 		e := sce.Create(sce.ErrScorecardInternal, err.Error())
 		return checker.CreateRuntimeErrorResult(CheckBranchProtection, e)
 	}