Fixes a NullPointerException when the configuration files for the "Recent Files" feature is not yet created

[unp1]

We must ensure to create the "recentFiles" configuration file before passing the File object to an InputStream.

[codecov]

Codecov Report

Merging #3225 (c628a78) into main (0ac6d7f) will decrease coverage by 0.02%.
The diff coverage is n/a.

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- Coverage     37.74%   37.72%   -0.02%     
+ Complexity    16858    16851       -7     
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  Files          2054     2054              
  Lines        126475   126475              
  Branches      21255    21255              
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- Hits          47736    47711      -25     
- Misses        72896    72920      +24     
- Partials       5843     5844       +1     

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[unp1]

The reduced test coverage is an unrelated file occurs because the exception is no longer thrown and hence the corresponding catch block in DiskFileRepo is no longer reached. That is expected behavior and should be ignored.

[wadoon]

Switch to the release branch. We merge the release branch later into main.