From 73067b9742597d5c4427cf4e11c1d891f423882e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Jackson-South <james_south@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 22:52:41 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix NRE

---
 src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifEncoderCore.cs | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifEncoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifEncoderCore.cs
index b6955b8c03..0bcb3ef0fa 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifEncoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifEncoderCore.cs
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ internal sealed class GifEncoderCore : IImageEncoderInternals
         bool hasTransparency;
         if (metadata is null)
         {
+            metadata = new();
             hasTransparency = transparencyIndex > -1;
         }
         else