From ce4569a752669a4f48498058de08c6f0bbfa7303 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Spencer Gibb <spencer@gibb.us>
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2018 21:17:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Checks for null string

---
 .../springframework/cloud/release/internal/options/Options.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/options/Options.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/options/Options.java
index 0f9da1c8..5d5242c3 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/options/Options.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/options/Options.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class Options {
 	}
 
 	private String removeQuotingChars(String string) {
-		if (string.startsWith("'") && string.endsWith("'")) {
+		if (string != null && string.startsWith("'") && string.endsWith("'")) {
 			return string.substring(1, string.length() - 1);
 		}
 		return string;