Forced Sync fails and returns NullPointerException

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.  Remote PHP Project created in Eclipse
2.  Configure project to use filesync.  I have the mapping set to the remote 
directory to which I have an open SSH connection on a Linux box, and the target 
is a local directory on my mac.
3.  I click on the project and force file sync 

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect that the (changed) files on the linux box (the remote project files) 
would be copied to the local directory.
INSTEAD
I get an error:  
An internal error occurred during: "Full project sync".  
java.lang.NullPointerException

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
I am on OS/X 9.4.  I just downloaded FileSync today.  Eclipse is version 4.4

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 15 Aug 2014 at 6:15