status: assert that there are always view lines in the status view

diff --git a/tig.c b/tig.c
index 6a50972692f783540a962b8349fb5f01a24dd320..0a42ee2fa8cbe93d9c86074159fb41bb7ed9d4e2 100644 (file)
--- a/tig.c
+++ b/tig.c
@@ -3147,10 +3147,11 @@ static void
 status_update(struct view *view)
 {
        if (view == VIEW(REQ_VIEW_STATUS)) {
-               struct line *line = view->lines
-                                 ? &view->line[view->lineno] : NULL;
+               struct line *line = &view->line[view->lineno];
 
-               if (!line || !line->data) {
+               assert(view->lines);
+
+               if (!line->data) {
                        report("No file has been chosen");
                        return;
                }