Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/Version.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/Version.java	(revision 2925)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/Version.java	(revision 2926)
@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@
      */
     static public String loadResourceFile(URL resource) {
+        if (resource == null) return null;
         BufferedReader in;
         String s = null;
@@ -74,6 +75,10 @@
         Pattern p = Pattern.compile("^([^:]+):(.*)$");
         for (String line: content.split("\n")) {
-            if (line == null || line.trim().equals("")) continue;
-            if (line.matches("^\\s*#.*$")) continue;
+            if (line == null || line.trim().equals("")) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (line.matches("^\\s*#.*$")) {
+                continue;
+            }
             Matcher m = p.matcher(line);
             if (m.matches()) {