refactor(search/elastic): cleanup AtomicRebuilder.finish() method

wagtail/wagtailsearch/backends/elasticsearch.py

@@ -574,19 +574,11 @@ class ElasticSearchAtomicIndexRebuilder(ElasticSearchIndexRebuilder):
     def finish(self):
         self.index.refresh()
 
-        # Create the alias if it doesnt exist yet
+        if self.alias.is_alias():
-        if not self.alias.is_alias():
+            # Update existing alias, then delete the old index
-            # Make sure there isn't currently an index that clashes with alias
-            # This can happen when the atomic rebuilder is first enabled
-            self.alias.delete()
 
-            # Create the alias
+            # Find index that alias currently points to, we'll delete it after
-            self.index.put_alias(self.alias.name)
+            # updating the alias
-
-        else:
-            # Alias already exists, update it and delete old index
-
-            # Find index that alias currently points to, so we can delete it later
             old_index = self.alias.aliased_indices()
 
             # Update alias to point to new index
@@ -598,6 +590,18 @@ class ElasticSearchAtomicIndexRebuilder(ElasticSearchIndexRebuilder):
                 if index.name != self.index.name:
                     index.delete()
 
+        else:
+            # self.alias doesn't currently refer to an alias in Elasticsearch.
+            # This means that either nothing exists in ES with that name or
+            # there is currently an index with the that name
+
+            # Run delete on the alias, just in case it is currently an index.
+            # This happens on the first rebuild after switching ATOMIC_REBUILD on
+            self.alias.delete()
+
+            # Create the alias
+            self.index.put_alias(self.alias.name)
+
 
 class ElasticSearch(BaseSearch):
     index_class = ElasticSearchIndex