From 08edee2ff5e47e3c49bd556c41bbab3526385db3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: HerrKnarz <40741234+HerrKnarz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 22:09:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fixed error, when company name is null

---
 Generic/CompanyCompanion/ViewModels/MergeCompanies.cs | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Generic/CompanyCompanion/ViewModels/MergeCompanies.cs b/Generic/CompanyCompanion/ViewModels/MergeCompanies.cs
index 452752d20..6a30083b3 100644
--- a/Generic/CompanyCompanion/ViewModels/MergeCompanies.cs
+++ b/Generic/CompanyCompanion/ViewModels/MergeCompanies.cs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public MergeCompanies(CompanyCompanion plugin)
         /// <param name="name">Name to clean.</param>
         /// <param name="wordList">List of words to remove.</param>
         /// <returns>Name with the words removed</returns>
-        private string RemoveWords(string name, List<string> wordList)
+        private static string RemoveWords(string name, IReadOnlyCollection<string> wordList)
         {
             return name != null
                 ? string.Join(" ", name.Split().Where(w => !wordList.Contains(w.RemoveSpecialChars().Replace("-", ""), StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)))
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ private string RemoveWords(string name, List<string> wordList)
         /// <returns>cleaned up name</returns>
         private string CleanUpCompanyName(string name)
         {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(name))
+            {
+                return name;
+            }
+
             string newName = name;
 
             if (newName.EndsWith(")"))
@@ -114,6 +119,7 @@ public void GetMergeList(bool cleanUpName = false, bool findSimilar = false)
                 try
                 {
                     List<MergeItem> companyList = API.Instance.Database.Companies
+                        .Where(c => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(c.Name))
                         .Select(c => new MergeItem
                         {
                             Id = c.Id,