Java tutorial
package com.buildautomation.jgit.api; /* 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.IOException; import java.util.List; import org.eclipse.jgit.api.Git; import org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.GitAPIException; import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Ref; import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository; /** * Simple snippet which shows how to create and delete branches * * @author dominik.stadler at gmx.at */ public class CreateAndDeleteBranch { public static void createAndDeleteBranch() throws IOException, GitAPIException { // prepare test-repository try (Repository repository = CookbookHelper.openJGitCookbookRepository()) { try (Git git = new Git(repository)) { List<Ref> call = git.branchList().call(); for (Ref ref : call) { System.out.println( "Branch-Before: " + ref + " " + ref.getName() + " " + ref.getObjectId().getName()); } // make sure the branch is not there List<Ref> refs = git.branchList().call(); for (Ref ref : refs) { System.out.println("Had branch: " + ref.getName()); if (ref.getName().equals("refs/heads/testbranch")) { System.out.println("Removing branch before"); git.branchDelete().setBranchNames("testbranch").setForce(true).call(); break; } } // run the add-call git.branchCreate().setName("testbranch").call(); call = git.branchList().call(); for (Ref ref : call) { System.out.println( "Branch-Created: " + ref + " " + ref.getName() + " " + ref.getObjectId().getName()); } // run the delete-call git.branchDelete().setBranchNames("testbranch").call(); call = git.branchList().call(); for (Ref ref : call) { System.out.println( "Branch-After: " + ref + " " + ref.getName() + " " + ref.getObjectId().getName()); } } } } }