From 8f7f5324d4bf6e884c20779e608dbb90a1bc48c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Jaffee <jaffee@pilosa.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 23:20:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] return correct ErrFieldExists so we give an HTTP 409

---
 index.go | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/index.go b/index.go
index 21686b04b..04298c7ac 100644
--- a/index.go
+++ b/index.go
@@ -669,7 +669,9 @@ func (i *Index) persistField(ctx context.Context, cfm *CreateFieldMessage) error
 
 	if b, err := i.serializer.Marshal(cfm); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "marshaling")
-	} else if err := i.Schemator.CreateField(ctx, cfm.Index, cfm.Field, b); err != nil {
+	} else if err := i.Schemator.CreateField(ctx, cfm.Index, cfm.Field, b); errors.Cause(err) == disco.ErrFieldExists {
+		return ErrFieldExists
+	} else if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "writing field to disco: %s/%s", cfm.Index, cfm.Field)
 	}
 	return nil