vmg is always right
diff --git a/src/path.c b/src/path.c
index 56b6c87..7cad28d 100644
--- a/src/path.c
+++ b/src/path.c
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ int git_path_iconv(git_path_iconv_t *ic, char **in, size_t *inlen)
!git_path_has_non_ascii(*in, *inlen))
return 0;
- git_buf_truncate(&ic->buf, 0);
+ git_buf_clear(&ic->buf);
while (1) {
if (git_buf_grow(&ic->buf, wantlen + 1) < 0)