Community
Participate
Working Groups
What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. in tab 'Git repositories' click on link 'Add an existing local Git repository' -- Error Details -- Date: Sun Sep 20 16:36:25 CEST 2020 Message: Error executing 'org.eclipse.egit.ui.RepositoriesViewClone': java.lang.NullPointerException Severity: Error Product: Eclipse IDE 4.17.0.20200910-1200 (org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product) Plugin: org.eclipse.ui.workbench Session Data: eclipse.buildId=4.17.0.I20200902-1800 java.version=11.0.8 java.vendor=AdoptOpenJDK BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86_64, WS=win32, NL=sk_SK Framework arguments: -product org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86_64 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product Exception Stack Trace: org.eclipse.core.commands.ExecutionException: Error executing 'org.eclipse.egit.ui.RepositoriesViewClone': java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.e4.core.commands.internal.HandlerServiceHandler.execute(HandlerServiceHandler.java:170) at org.eclipse.core.commands.Command.executeWithChecks(Command.java:488) at org.eclipse.core.commands.ParameterizedCommand.executeWithChecks(ParameterizedCommand.java:487) at org.eclipse.e4.core.commands.internal.HandlerServiceImpl.executeHandler(HandlerServiceImpl.java:213) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.LegacyHandlerService.executeCommand(LegacyHandlerService.java:389) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.LegacyHandlerService.executeCommand(LegacyHandlerService.java:366) at org.eclipse.egit.ui.UIUtils.executeCommand(UIUtils.java:828) at org.eclipse.egit.ui.UIUtils.executeCommand(UIUtils.java:815) at org.eclipse.egit.ui.internal.repository.RepositoriesView$4.linkActivated(RepositoriesView.java:402) at org.eclipse.ui.forms.widgets.AbstractHyperlink.handleActivate(AbstractHyperlink.java:215) at org.eclipse.ui.forms.widgets.AbstractHyperlink.handleMouseUp(AbstractHyperlink.java:309) at org.eclipse.ui.forms.widgets.AbstractHyperlink.lambda$3(AbstractHyperlink.java:117) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:89) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Display.java:4195) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1037) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4012) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3612) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$5.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1157) at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:338) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1046) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.E4Workbench.createAndRunUI(E4Workbench.java:155) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.lambda$3(Workbench.java:644) at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:338) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:551) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:153) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:150) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:203) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:134) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:104) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:401) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:255) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:657) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:594) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1465) Caused by: org.eclipse.e4.core.di.InjectionException: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.MethodRequestor.execute(MethodRequestor.java:68) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.invokeUsingClass(InjectorImpl.java:319) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.invoke(InjectorImpl.java:253) at org.eclipse.e4.core.contexts.ContextInjectionFactory.invoke(ContextInjectionFactory.java:173) at org.eclipse.e4.core.commands.internal.HandlerServiceHandler.execute(HandlerServiceHandler.java:156) ... 37 more Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.egit.ui.internal.components.FilteredCheckboxTree.getFilterString(FilteredCheckboxTree.java:129) at org.eclipse.ui.dialogs.FilteredTree.textChanged(FilteredTree.java:753) at org.eclipse.ui.dialogs.FilteredTree.setInitialText(FilteredTree.java:863) at org.eclipse.ui.dialogs.FilteredTree.init(FilteredTree.java:333) at org.eclipse.ui.dialogs.FilteredTree.<init>(FilteredTree.java:316) at org.eclipse.egit.ui.internal.components.FilteredCheckboxTree.<init>(FilteredCheckboxTree.java:70) at org.eclipse.egit.ui.internal.clone.SourceBranchPage$1.<init>(SourceBranchPage.java:139) at org.eclipse.egit.ui.internal.clone.SourceBranchPage.createControl(SourceBranchPage.java:139) at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.Wizard.createPageControls(Wizard.java:178) at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.createPageControls(WizardDialog.java:743) at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.createContents(WizardDialog.java:635) at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.create(Window.java:431) at org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog.create(Dialog.java:1094) at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:788) at org.eclipse.egit.ui.internal.repository.tree.command.CloneCommand.execute(CloneCommand.java:85) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.HandlerProxy.execute(HandlerProxy.java:283) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.E4HandlerProxy.execute(E4HandlerProxy.java:97) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.MethodRequestor.execute(MethodRequestor.java:58) ... 41 more
Can reproduce. Eclipse definitely has too many settings. It's not a new bug. Work-around: 1. Quit Eclipse 2. From file <workspace>/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings/org.eclipse.ui.prefs, remove the line SHOW_FILTERED_TEXTS=false 3. Restart Eclipse. Now it should work. I don't even know where to set this "preference" in the UI. Only found this by examining the code of org.eclipse.ui.dialogs.FilteredTree. I can reproduce only when this setting is false. Root cause is in EGit, though; it lacks a needed null check for this case.
(In reply to Thomas Wolf from comment #1) > I don't even know where to set this "preference" in the UI. After checking all of the code of Eclipse Platform: there is no UI to set this preference.
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/c/egit/egit/+/169681
Hello Thomas, thank you for quick help. It's working. :) Slavo
Gerrit change https://git.eclipse.org/r/c/egit/egit/+/169681 was merged to [master]. Commit: http://git.eclipse.org/c/egit/egit.git/commit/?id=800d7c21f7a9cb3442941e2939520008c79715b6