From b79728af95f305db05397cd82a762ab02f322957 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Dallaway <john@dallaway.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:24:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add Homebrew path null check

---
 .../utils/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/Homebrew.java           | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/Homebrew.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/Homebrew.java
index 4c239479c7e..ad2938d7ee3 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/Homebrew.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/Homebrew.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class Homebrew {
 			}
 		}
 		String defaultHomebrewPath = getDefaultHomebrewPath();
-		if (installationExists(defaultHomebrewPath)) {
+		if ((defaultHomebrewPath != null) && installationExists(defaultHomebrewPath)) {
 			return defaultHomebrewPath;
 		}
 		return null;