fixed NullPointer while creating temporary function

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE

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+## Changes proposed in this pull request
+
+(Fill in the changes here)
+
+## Patch testing
+
+(Fill in the details about how this patch was tested)
+
+## ReleaseNotes.txt changes
+
+(Does this change require an entry in ReleaseNotes.txt? If yes, has it been added to it?)
+
+## Other PRs 
+
+(Does this change require changes in other projects- store, spark, spark-jobserver, aqp? Add the links of PR of the other subprojects that are related to this change)

.gitignore

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 *.class
-snappy-aqp
+aqp
+benchmarking/
+hydraLogs/
+snappy-connectors/
+snappy-poc/
+vm_*
 
 # sbt specific
 .cache/
@@ -14,6 +19,7 @@ project/plugins/project/
 
 # gradle specific
 .gradle/
+buildOutput.log
 
 # Scala-IDE specific
 .scala_dependencies

.gitmodules

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 [submodule "spark-jobserver"]
 	path = spark-jobserver
-	url = https://github.com/SnappyData/spark-jobserver.git
+	url = https://github.com/SnappyDataInc/spark-jobserver.git
 	branch = snappydata
-[submodule "snappy-spark"]
-	path = snappy-spark
-	url = https://github.com/SnappyData/snappy-spark.git
-	branch = snappy/master
 [submodule "snappy-store"]
-	path = snappy-store
-	url = https://github.com/gemfire/gemxd-staging.git
-	branch = snappy-store
+	path = store
+	url = https://github.com/SnappyDataInc/snappy-store.git
+	branch = snappy/master
+[submodule "spark"]
+        path = spark
+        url = https://github.com/SnappyDataInc/spark.git
+        branch = snappy/branch-2.1 
+