GOTCHA: Sometimes len(pygit2.Repository().index) > 0 !

[jfine2358]

Python 3.10.6 (main, Aug 10 2022, 11:40:04) [GCC 11.3.0] on linux
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>>> import pygit2
>>> len(pygit2.Repository().index)
2
>>> for item in pygit2.Repository().index: print(item)
... 
<path=aaaa id=e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391 mode=33188>
<path=bbbb id=e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391 mode=33188>
>>> pygit2.__version__
'1.10.1'

This really surprised me, and I spent over 2 hours wondering why my code did not work before I thought maybe there's a bug.

With hindsight, I think it will be easy to reproduce. Ask me if you want help with this.

I will use index.clear() as a work-around.