fix: validateProject() function in app_project_types.go file has nil dereference bug (#9914)

[CoderTH]

fixd #9914

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[crenshaw-dev]

Thanks @CoderTH! Could you maybe modify one of the existing ValidateProject tests to cover this?

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Codecov Report

Merging #9917 (ffd6585) into master (335ffa8) will decrease coverage by 0.02%.
The diff coverage is 100.00%.

@@            Coverage Diff             @@
##           master    #9917      +/-   ##
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- Coverage   45.82%   45.79%   -0.03%     
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  Files         227      227              
  Lines       27005    27029      +24     
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+ Hits        12375    12378       +3     
- Misses      12941    12959      +18     
- Partials     1689     1692       +3     

Impacted Files	Coverage Δ
pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1/app_project_types.go	54.40% <100.00%> (+2.57%)	⬆️
server/server.go	50.86% <0.00%> (-2.32%)	⬇️
util/settings/settings.go	48.17% <0.00%> (ø)

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[CoderTH]

Thanks @CoderTH! Could you maybe modify one of the existing ValidateProject tests to cover this?

Of course, I would be happy to do that. I have completed the test for this piece, please review

[crenshaw-dev]

lgtm! Can you check the details of the failed DCO check for instructions to fix it?

[CoderTH]

lgtm! Can you check the details of the failed DCO check for instructions to fix it?

Fixd. can you help me merge?

[crenshaw-dev]

@CoderTH thanks! I'll enable auto-merge so it'll be merged when the checks pass.

[Varsion]

LGTM!!!