Java tutorial
package edu.nju.cs.inform.jgit.porcelain; /* 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.api.Git; import org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.GitAPIException; import org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.InvalidRemoteException; import org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.TransportException; /** * Simple snippet which shows how to clone a repository from a remote source * * @author dominik.stadler at gmx.at */ public class CloneRemoteRepository { private static final String REMOTE_URL = "https://github.com/github/testrepo.git"; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InvalidRemoteException, TransportException, GitAPIException { // prepare a new folder for the cloned repository File localPath = File.createTempFile("TestGitRepository", ""); localPath.delete(); // then clone System.out.println("Cloning from " + REMOTE_URL + " to " + localPath); try (Git result = Git.cloneRepository().setURI(REMOTE_URL).setDirectory(localPath).call()) { // Note: the call() returns an opened repository already which needs to be closed to avoid file handle leaks! System.out.println("Having repository: " + result.getRepository().getDirectory()); } } }