NullPointer when running gitblit on tomcat 7

[gitblit]

Originally reported on Google Code with ID 67

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Deploy gitblit without the file /WEB-INF/web.properties
2. Start the application

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Gitblit startup fails with a NullPointer

 java.lang.NullPointerException
 #011at java.io.File.<init>(File.java:232)
 #011at com.gitblit.WebXmlSettings.<init>(WebXmlSettings.java:54)
 #011at com.gitblit.GitBlit.contextInitialized(GitBlit.java:1444)
 #011at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4765)
 #011at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5260)
 #011at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
 #011at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:866)
 #011at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.access$000(ContainerBase.java:128)
 #011at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$PrivilegedAddChild.run(ContainerBase.java:151)
 #011at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$PrivilegedAddChild.run(ContainerBase.java:140)
 #011at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
 #011at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:840)
 #011at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:615)
 #011at org.eclipse.gemini.web.tomcat.internal.TomcatServletContainer.startWebApplication(TomcatServletContainer.java:124)

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
0.7.0

Please provide any additional information below.

The javadoc of the method context.getRealPath says that it can return null. I'm not
sure why it does that in our case. Maybe the app is still packed when the method is
called.

An obvious workaround is to add an (empty) file "/WEB-INF/web.properties"

Reported by stefanlay1 on 2012-02-22 15:51:38

[gitblit]

Things are rearranged slightly in v0.8.x, although this nullpointer could still happen
there.

Reported by James.Moger on 2012-02-22 17:30:08

• Status changed: Accepted
• Labels added: Milestone-0.9.0

[gitblit]

Reported by James.Moger on 2012-02-23 22:46:05

• Status changed: Queued

[gitblit]

Fixed in v0.9.1

Reported by James.Moger on 2012-03-28 00:02:10

[gitblit]

Fixed in v0.9.1. Closing.

Reported by James.Moger on 2012-03-28 00:03:13

• Status changed: Fixed