From 9a739de46807f14bb95df85cb86669da4f1459ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cloud-Architect-Emma <emmanuela_prince@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:29:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: avoid returning partially initialized IndexFile from
 loadIndex delegation

When names is empty, explicitly check loadIndex's error before
returning, ensuring nil index is returned on error rather than
loadIndex's raw (possibly non-nil) return value.

Signed-off-by: Cloud-Architect-Emma <emmanuela_prince@yahoo.com>
---
 pkg/repo/v1/index.go | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkg/repo/v1/index.go b/pkg/repo/v1/index.go
index 19c357d5d..693635f40 100644
--- a/pkg/repo/v1/index.go
+++ b/pkg/repo/v1/index.go
@@ -125,7 +125,11 @@ func LoadIndexFileForEntries(path string, names []string) (*IndexFile, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if len(names) == 0 {
-		return loadIndex(b, path)
+		i, err := loadIndex(b, path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return i, nil
 	}
 	i := &IndexFile{}
 	if len(b) == 0 {