Java tutorial
package org.dstadler.jgit.helper; /* Copyright 2013, 2014 Dominik Stadler Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. */ import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository; import org.eclipse.jgit.storage.file.FileRepositoryBuilder; public class CookbookHelper { public static Repository openJGitCookbookRepository() throws IOException { FileRepositoryBuilder builder = new FileRepositoryBuilder(); return builder.readEnvironment() // scan environment GIT_* variables .findGitDir() // scan up the file system tree .build(); } public static Repository createNewRepository() throws IOException { // prepare a new folder File localPath = File.createTempFile("TestGitRepository", ""); if (!localPath.delete()) { throw new IOException("Could not delete temporary file " + localPath); } // create the directory Repository repository = FileRepositoryBuilder.create(new File(localPath, ".git")); repository.create(); return repository; } }