NullPointer in local provider update when a new file is added

org.apache.maven.continuum.scm.ContinuumScmException: Error while update sources.
at org.apache.maven.continuum.scm.DefaultContinuumScm.updateProject(DefaultContinuumScm.java:272)
at org.apache.maven.continuum.core.action.UpdateWorkingDirectoryFromScmContinuumAction.execute(UpdateWorkingDirectoryFromScmContinuumAction.java:58)
at org.apache.maven.continuum.buildcontroller.DefaultBuildController.build(DefaultBuildController.java:166)
at org.apache.maven.continuum.buildcontroller.BuildProjectTaskExecutor.executeTask(BuildProjectTaskExecutor.java:47)
at org.codehaus.plexus.taskqueue.execution.ThreadedTaskQueueExecutor$ExecutorRunnable.run(ThreadedTaskQueueExecutor.java:103)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException: Exception while executing SCM command.
at org.apache.maven.scm.command.AbstractCommand.execute(AbstractCommand.java:59)
at org.apache.maven.scm.provider.local.LocalScmProvider.update(LocalScmProvider.java:191)
at org.apache.maven.scm.provider.AbstractScmProvider.update(AbstractScmProvider.java:386)
at org.apache.maven.scm.provider.AbstractScmProvider.update(AbstractScmProvider.java:363)
at org.apache.maven.continuum.scm.DefaultContinuumScm.updateProject(DefaultContinuumScm.java:242)
... 5 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.util.Date.getMillisOf(Date.java:938)
at java.util.Date.after(Date.java:911)
at org.apache.maven.scm.command.update.AbstractUpdateCommand.executeCommand(AbstractUpdateCommand.java:89)
at org.apache.maven.scm.command.AbstractCommand.execute(AbstractCommand.java:55)
... 9 more