From 96e26faf3f3e3d83ed63e063652930a1da2a0d9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: yurii-yu <yusheng.email@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 10:36:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] #853: avoid the NullPointerException by providing a default
 one

---
 .../java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/property/PathProperty.java     | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/property/PathProperty.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/property/PathProperty.java
index f87c4e2d3..7e8a0d8f4 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/property/PathProperty.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/property/PathProperty.java
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ protected void completeValue(String arg, IdeContext context, Commandlet commandl
 
     Path path = Path.of(arg);
     Path parent = path.getParent();
+    //set a default parent directory when unable to obtain the parent directory
+    if (parent == null) {
+      parent = Path.of(".");
+    }
     String filename = path.getFileName().toString();
     if (Files.isDirectory(parent)) {
       try (Stream<Path> children = Files.list(parent)) {