When doing an Add CVS Repository of a repository that has a line of "=" in one of the log messages it fails with a Null Pointer Exception.

May be related to JRA-3492

Log message suspected of causing error (see further below for trace):

[dnichols@tricorder solomon]$ cvs log file4

RCS file: /src/solomon/file4,v
Working file: file4
head: 1.2
branch:
locks: strict
access list:
symbolic names:
Initial: 1.1.1.1
Neutral: 1.1.1
keyword substitution: kv
total revisions: 3; selected revisions: 3
description:
----------------------------
revision 1.2
date: 2004/04/21 19:56:42; author: dnichols; state: Exp; lines: +0 -3
This is to test Jira CVS Log import.
See if the line below causes an error
================================================================
----------------------------
revision 1.1
date: 2004/04/21 18:54:05; author: dnichols; state: Exp;
branches: 1.1.1;
Initial revision
----------------------------
revision 1.1.1.1
date: 2004/04/21 18:54:05; author: dnichols; state: Exp; lines: +0 -0
Initial Import – starting fresh for Jira testing
=============================================================================
[dnichols@tricorder solomon]$

catalina.out:
2004-04-21 16:00:57,406 ERROR [action.admin.vcs.AddRepository] Error occurred while updating the cvs repository, obtaining cvs log or parsing the cvs log.
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.netbeans.lib.cvsclient.command.log.LogBuilder.processRevisionStart(LogBuilder.java:266)
at org.netbeans.lib.cvsclient.command.log.LogBuilder.parseLine(LogBuilder.java:131)
at com.atlassian.jira.vcs.cvsimpl.CvsRepositoryUtilImpl$1.parseLine(CvsRepositoryUtilImpl.java:92)
at org.netbeans.lib.cvsclient.command.BuildableCommand.messageSent(BuildableCommand.java:94)
at org.netbeans.lib.cvsclient.event.MessageEvent.fireEvent(MessageEvent.java:96)
at org.netbeans.lib.cvsclient.event.EventManager.fireCVSEvent(EventManager.java:107)
at org.netbeans.lib.cvsclient.response.MessageResponse.process(MessageResponse.java:52)
at org.netbeans.lib.cvsclient.Client.handleResponse(Client.java:444)
at org.netbeans.lib.cvsclient.Client.processRequests(Client.java:405)
at org.netbeans.lib.cvsclient.command.log.LogCommand.execute(LogCommand.java:132)
at org.netbeans.lib.cvsclient.Client.executeCommand(Client.java:488)
at com.atlassian.jira.vcs.cvsimpl.CvsRepositoryUtilImpl.updateCvs(CvsRepositoryUtilImpl.java:104)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.admin.vcs.RepositoryActionSupport.testRepository(RepositoryActionSupport.java:213)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.admin.vcs.RepositoryActionSupport.checkRepository(RepositoryActionSupport.java:182)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.admin.vcs.AddRepository.doValidation(AddRepository.java:58)
at webwork.action.ActionSupport.validate(ActionSupport.java:371)
at webwork.action.ActionSupport.execute(ActionSupport.java:148)
at com.atlassian.jira.action.JiraActionSupport.execute(JiraActionSupport.java:49)
at webwork.dispatcher.GenericDispatcher.executeAction(GenericDispatcher.java:131)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.dispatcher.JiraServletDispatcher.service(JiraServletDispatcher.java:186)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:129)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:61)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.SitemeshExcludePathFilter.doFilter(SitemeshExcludePathFilter.java:36)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:164)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.LoginFilter.doFilter(LoginFilter.java:181)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at com.atlassian.util.profiling.filters.ProfilingFilter.doFilter(ProfilingFilter.java:132)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.ActionCleanupDelayFilter.doFilter(ActionCleanupDelayFilter.java:37)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at com.atlassian.johnson.filters.JohnsonFilter.doFilter(JohnsonFilter.java:96)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.gzip.GzipFilter.doFilter(GzipFilter.java:60)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractEncodingFilter.doFilter(AbstractEncodingFilter.java:38)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:256)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2417)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:171)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:193)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:781)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:549)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:589)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:666)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)