Merging master.

Author: bvarner

pom.xml

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     <groupId>com.e-gineering</groupId>
     <artifactId>gitflow-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
     <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
     <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
 
     <name>gitflow-helper-maven-plugin</name>

src/main/java/com/e_gineering/maven/gitflowhelper/ScmUtils.java

@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ public static String resolveUrlOrExpression(final MavenProject project, final Lo
             if (StringUtils.isBlank(connectionUrl)) {
                 connectionUrl = project.getScm().getConnection();
             }
-            return connectionUrl;
+
+            // Issue #74, missing an emtpy / null check before returning.
+            if (!StringUtils.isBlank(connectionUrl)) {
+                return connectionUrl;
+            }
         }
 
         return DEFAULT_URL_EXPRESSION;