Why is nvim updating the clipboard on start?

Question

I use set clipboard=unnamed in my configuration. When I open nvim with nvim, the clipboard is left unchanged but if I open with nvim . the latest entry of the clipboard is always something unexpected.

For example, let's say I do the following:

• using Alfred, I run "Clear Clipboard History".
• using the terminal, I run pbcopy < /dev/null.
• I add 1, 2 and 3 to my clipboard history. I can see those entries using Alfred
• I open nvim with nvim .

My clipboard history is showing:

4
3
2
1

4 isn't expected here. I don't always see a number like 4 but I always get something I don't want as the latest entry. I got the feeling nvim keeps some sort of history somewhere and populates the clipboard on startup. I run the same experience with vim and gvim and I get:

• vim:

../

• gvim :

3
2
1

What I see with gvim is the behavior I expect. Here is my complete .vimrc file.

Answer 1

I removed the plugin tpope/vim-vinegar and now everything works as expected. I browsed couple of issues, like this one, and it seems this is a netrw bug.