"ValueError: attempt to reinitialize" error from Repository.update_submodules()

[isadorasalvetti]

I keep getting: File "\GitWorkflow.py", line 126, in update_submodules repo.update_submodules(callbacks=callbacks, init=False) File "\lib\site-packages\pygit2\repository.py", line 108, in update_submodules check_error(err) File "\lib\site-packages\pygit2\errors.py", line 52, in check_error raise ValueError(message) ValueError: attempt to reinitialize '{path}'

Seems to be C.GIT_EEXISTS(?)

I am running: repo.init_submodules() repo.update_submodules(callbacks=callbacks)

Oddly, the error seems to come only from update_submodules, not init_submodules. The folder for the submodule in question exists, but it is empty. "git submodule update" works without issue.

Am I doing something wrong?