From 78f4929e33e1d610199197e811132214b93d9614 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marco Petris <marco.petris@web.de>
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 11:10:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #343

---
 .../repository/git/managers/GitlabManagerRestricted.java     | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/de/catma/repository/git/managers/GitlabManagerRestricted.java b/src/main/java/de/catma/repository/git/managers/GitlabManagerRestricted.java
index 1faf323c..a1d67477 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/catma/repository/git/managers/GitlabManagerRestricted.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/catma/repository/git/managers/GitlabManagerRestricted.java
@@ -715,7 +715,10 @@ public List<Comment> getComments(ProjectReference projectReference, String docum
 				comment.setUserId(issue.getAuthor().getId());
 				comment.setUsername(issue.getAuthor().getName()); // TODO: if we're using the public name it shouldn't be called 'username' on the Comment class
 				comment.setReplyCount(issue.getUserNotesCount());
-
+				
+				// gson doesn't initialize transient fields, so we need to do it explicitly
+				comment.setReplies(new ArrayList<>());
+				
 				comments.add(comment);
 			}