From 3c54cb99d9ed0aed54eeb79b81aa289ef5f4230b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: phanium <91544758+phanen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 22:27:52 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix `kitten choose-files` panic

Error: Panicked: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer
dereference
Panicked with error: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil
pointer dereference
Stacktrace (most recent call first):
github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/kittens/choose_files.(*FileSystemScanner).worker
        kitty/kittens/choose_files/scan.go:351
---
 kittens/choose_files/scan.go | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kittens/choose_files/scan.go b/kittens/choose_files/scan.go
index 594134bbb..1a1942857 100644
--- a/kittens/choose_files/scan.go
+++ b/kittens/choose_files/scan.go
@@ -447,8 +447,8 @@ func (fss *FileSystemScorer) Start() {
 		}
 		if fss.global_gitignore != nil {
 			sc.global_gitignore = fss.global_gitignore
-		} else {
-			sc.global_gitignore = ignorefiles.GlobalGitignore()
+		} else if ignore := ignorefiles.GlobalGitignore(); ignore != nil {
+			sc.global_gitignore = ignore
 		}
 		if fss.global_ignore != nil {
 			sc.global_ignore = fss.global_ignore