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Emmanuel Venisse updated SCM-338: --------------------------------- Fix Version/s: 1.1 > NullPointerException when using -DvssDirectory to set ss.exe path > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: SCM-338 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SCM-338 > Project: Maven SCM > Issue Type: Bug > Components: maven-scm-provider-vss > Affects Versions: 1.0 > Environment: Windows XP, JRE 1.4.2 > Reporter: Allan Lang > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 1.1 > > Attachments: SCM-338-[02]-maven-scm-provider-vss.patch, > SCM-338-maven-scm-provider-vss.patch, vssproviderbug.zip > > > NullPointerException occurs with any SCM operation when there is no > ~/.scm/vss-settings.xml file, and when the vssDirectory system property is > set: > {code} > Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.apache.maven.scm.provider.vss.commands.VssCommandLineUtils.getSettings(VssCommandLineUtils.java:137) > at > org.apache.maven.scm.provider.vss.commands.VssCommandLineUtils.getSsDir(VssCommandLineUtils.java:145) > at > org.apache.maven.scm.provider.vss.commands.changelog.VssHistoryCommand.buildCmdLine(VssHistoryCommand.java:91) > at > org.apache.maven.scm.provider.vss.commands.changelog.VssHistoryCommand.executeChangeLogCommand(VssHistoryCommand.java:53) > at > org.apache.maven.scm.command.changelog.AbstractChangeLogCommand.executeCommand(AbstractChangeLogCommand.java:101) > at > org.apache.maven.scm.command.AbstractCommand.execute(AbstractCommand.java:58) > ... 21 more > {code} > This error is easily replicated using the attached project > vssproviderbug.zip. Unzip the archive and run > {code} > mvn scm:changelog -DvssDirectory=something -e > {code} > Assuming the file ~/.scm/vss-settings.xml does not exist, you should see the > above error in the stack traces. Note that you don't need VSS installed (or > even to be on Windows) in order to replicate the error - Maven doesn't > actually get as far as making a call to ss.exe. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira