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Bug 337332

Summary:	NPE when creating branch from "Branches" node in repositories view
Product:	[Technology] EGit	Reporter:	Matthias Sohn <matthias.sohn>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Stefan Lay <stefan.lay>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	jens.baumgart, quorg.xtn
Version:	0.12
Target Milestone:	0.12-M1
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Mac OS X - Carbon (unsup.)
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Description Matthias Sohn

2011-02-16 11:28:58 EST

- in repositories view select the node named "Branches"
- click "Create Branch" and finish this dialog
- this hits an NPE

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.eclipse.egit.ui.internal.repository.CreateBranchPage.<init>(CreateBranchPage.java:99)
	at org.eclipse.egit.ui.internal.repository.CreateBranchWizard.<init>(CreateBranchWizard.java:38)
	at org.eclipse.egit.ui.internal.repository.tree.command.CreateBranchCommand.execute(CreateBranchCommand.java:91)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.HandlerProxy.execute(HandlerProxy.java:293)
	at org.eclipse.core.commands.Command.executeWithChecks(Command.java:476)
	...

Comment 1 Stefan Lay

2011-02-18 06:35:10 EST

The error occurs when a tag is checked out.

Comment 2 Stefan Lay

2011-02-18 07:07:23 EST

Fix proposed at http://egit.eclipse.org/r/#change,2533

Comment 3 Jens Baumgart

2011-02-18 10:08:40 EST

Fixed

Comment 4 Jens Baumgart

2011-02-18 10:10:05 EST

*** Bug 337562 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***