From 1b83912cb3771b828c5628292a50de0fbedb318e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: filzrev <103790468+filzrev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 11:44:34 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] fix: NullReferenceException occurred when both include and
 exclude are null (#9786)

fix: NullReferenceException occurred when both include and exclude were null
---
 src/Docfx.Dotnet/Filters/ConfigFilterRuleItemUnion.cs | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Docfx.Dotnet/Filters/ConfigFilterRuleItemUnion.cs b/src/Docfx.Dotnet/Filters/ConfigFilterRuleItemUnion.cs
index 028750cdb85..2ee947681c1 100644
--- a/src/Docfx.Dotnet/Filters/ConfigFilterRuleItemUnion.cs
+++ b/src/Docfx.Dotnet/Filters/ConfigFilterRuleItemUnion.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ public ConfigFilterRuleItem Rule
             }
 
             // If kind is not specified for exclude. Set `ExtendedSymbolKind.Type` as default kind.
-            Exclude.Kind ??= ExtendedSymbolKind.Type | ExtendedSymbolKind.Member;
+            if (Exclude != null)
+            {
+                Exclude.Kind ??= ExtendedSymbolKind.Type | ExtendedSymbolKind.Member;
+            }
 
             return Exclude;
         }