From f69a57a82a05c161511cb4f651aa231dd6e05ad7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Carlos=20Mart=C3=ADn=20Nieto?= <cmn@dwim.me>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 18:10:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Index: make the file optional

There is no obligation for an index to exist as a file at all.
---
 src/index.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/index.c b/src/index.c
index 7269749..0cb8207 100644
--- a/src/index.c
+++ b/src/index.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ extern PyTypeObject RepositoryType;
 int
 Index_init(Index *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
-    char *path;
+    char *path = NULL;
     int err;
 
     if (kwds && PyDict_Size(kwds) > 0) {
@@ -53,9 +53,10 @@ Index_init(Index *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s", &path))
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|s", &path))
         return -1;
 
+    self->repo = NULL;
     err = git_index_open(&self->index, path);
     if (err < 0) {
         Error_set_str(err, path);