fall back to English if translated path not found

Author: sarahs

lib/create-tree.js

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module.exports = async function createTree (originalPath, langObj) {
   const localizedBasePath = path.posix.join(__dirname, '..', langObj.dir, 'content')
 
   // Initialize the Page! This is where the file reads happen.
-  const page = await Page.init({
+  let page = await Page.init({
     basePath: localizedBasePath,
     relativePath,
     languageCode: langObj.code
@@ -29,10 +29,17 @@ module.exports = async function createTree (originalPath, langObj) {
   if (!page) {
     // Do not throw an error if Early Access is not available.
     if (relativePath.startsWith('early-access')) return
-    // Do not throw an error if this is a translated path, as translations are not always up-to-date.
-    if (langObj.code !== 'en') return
-
-    throw Error(`Cannot initialize page for ${filepath}`)
+    // If a translated path doesn't exist, fall back to the English so there is parity between
+    // the English tree and the translated trees.
+    if (langObj.code !== 'en') {
+      page = await Page.init({
+        basePath: basePath,
+        relativePath,
+        languageCode: langObj.code
+      })
+    }
+
+    if (!page) throw Error(`Cannot initialize page for ${filepath}`)
   }
 
   // Create the root tree object on the first run, and create children recursively.