From 70250d8ff53081eaccac24517ea96b89d27507b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Moger <james.moger@gitblit.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 19:16:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix potential NPE when excluding last change author

---
 src/main/java/com/gitblit/tickets/TicketNotifier.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gitblit/tickets/TicketNotifier.java b/src/main/java/com/gitblit/tickets/TicketNotifier.java
index 07371b1b..d6217b35 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gitblit/tickets/TicketNotifier.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gitblit/tickets/TicketNotifier.java
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ public class TicketNotifier {
 
 		// respect the author's email preference
 		UserModel lastAuthor = userManager.getUserModel(lastChange.author);
-		if (!lastAuthor.getPreferences().isEmailMeOnMyTicketChanges()) {
+		if (lastAuthor != null && !lastAuthor.getPreferences().isEmailMeOnMyTicketChanges()) {
 			toAddresses.remove(lastAuthor.emailAddress);
 			ccAddresses.remove(lastAuthor.emailAddress);
 		}
-- 
2.39.5