Empty commit with i18n + nested collections (when missing a language file)
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Description
In a nested collection that uses i18n, an entry is not saved if it's missing a language.
Consider the below structure for example. Note that posts is missing `_index.sl.md`.
```
content
│- _index.en.md
│- _index.sl.md
│
└──posts
│ │- _index.en.md
```
Corresponding config
```yaml
i18n:
structure: multiple_files
locales: [sl, en]
collections:
- name: content
label: Content
label_singular: post
folder: content
i18n: true
nested:
depth: 10
summary: "{{title}}"
fields:
- {name: title, widget: string, i18n: true}
```
If you try to save the posts/_index file via CMS, it will produce an empty commit. If you add `posts/_index.sl.md`, the commit will save changes as expected.
I stumbled upon this bug years ago and posted it on Netlify Forums, but the post is now deleted. Thanks to the Internet Archive, we have a snapshot version: https://web.archive.org/web/20221207001621/https://answers.netlify.com/t/changes-to-entries-saved-in-the-ui-but-commit-is-empty/34954
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