From 09881e170e09cd89a6f8c755ded35f73849c240f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dirk Farin <dirk.farin@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 17:03:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] remove dead code branch

---
 libheif/api/libheif/heif.cc | 11 +++--------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libheif/api/libheif/heif.cc b/libheif/api/libheif/heif.cc
index bc29e6d658..f2b85e10b5 100644
--- a/libheif/api/libheif/heif.cc
+++ b/libheif/api/libheif/heif.cc
@@ -3711,14 +3711,9 @@ struct heif_error heif_context_encode_thumbnail(struct heif_context* ctx,
 
 
   if (out_image_handle) {
-    if (thumbnail_image) {
-      *out_image_handle = new heif_image_handle;
-      (*out_image_handle)->image = thumbnail_image;
-      (*out_image_handle)->context = ctx->context;
-    }
-    else {
-      *out_image_handle = nullptr;
-    }
+    *out_image_handle = new heif_image_handle;
+    (*out_image_handle)->image = thumbnail_image;
+    (*out_image_handle)->context = ctx->context;
   }
 
   return heif_error_success;