SLING-8077 - returning on null target (based on feedback by @bosschaer)
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/extension/content/ContentOrderMergeProcessor.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/extension/content/ContentOrderMergeProcessor.java
index 061ce24..c2df12f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/extension/content/ContentOrderMergeProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/feature/extension/content/ContentOrderMergeProcessor.java
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
 
     @Override
     public void merge(HandlerContext context, Feature target, Feature source, Extension targetEx, Extension sourceEx) {
+        if (target == null) {
+            return;
+        }
         processFeature(context, target, targetEx);
         processFeature(context, source, sourceEx);
         for (final Artifact a : sourceEx.getArtifacts()) {