From 832673957cea38683ffe0c7c8867d0f726c0244a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eduard Tudenhoefner <etudenhoefner@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 13:58:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Core: Return this instead of null in enableRowLineage()

---
 core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableMetadata.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableMetadata.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableMetadata.java
index aa801bfe35b2..61f3a389fd33 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableMetadata.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableMetadata.java
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ public Builder enableRowLineage() {
       }
 
       // otherwise this is a no-op
-      return null;
+      return this;
     }
 
     public Builder withMetadataLocation(String newMetadataLocation) {