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package gitadapter;

/*
   Copyright 2015 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
    
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import org.eclipse.jgit.api.Git;
import org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.GitAPIException;
import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.UnsupportedCredentialItem;
import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.CredentialItem;
import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.CredentialsProvider;
import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.URIish;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Simple snippet which shows how to clone a repository from a remote source
 * via ssh protocol and username/password authentication.
 *
 * @author dominik.stadler at gmx.at
 */
public class CloneRemoteRepositoryWithAuthentication {
    private static final String REMOTE_URL = "ssh://<user>:<pwd>@<host>:22/<path-to-remote-repo>/";

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, GitAPIException {
        // this is necessary when the remote host does not have a valid certificate, ideally we would install the certificate in the JVM
        // instead of this unsecure workaround!
        CredentialsProvider allowHosts = new CredentialsProvider() {

            @Override
            public boolean supports(CredentialItem... items) {
                for (CredentialItem item : items) {
                    if ((item instanceof CredentialItem.YesNoType)) {
                        return true;
                    }
                }
                return false;
            }

            @Override
            public boolean get(URIish uri, CredentialItem... items) throws UnsupportedCredentialItem {
                for (CredentialItem item : items) {
                    if (item instanceof CredentialItem.YesNoType) {
                        ((CredentialItem.YesNoType) item).setValue(true);
                        return true;
                    }
                }
                return false;
            }

            @Override
            public boolean isInteractive() {
                return false;
            }
        };

        // prepare a new folder for the cloned repository
        File localPath = File.createTempFile("TestGitRepository", "");
        if (!localPath.delete()) {
            throw new IOException("Could not delete temporary file " + localPath);
        }

        // then clone
        System.out.println("Cloning from " + REMOTE_URL + " to " + localPath);
        try (Git result = Git.cloneRepository().setURI(REMOTE_URL).setDirectory(localPath)
                .setCredentialsProvider(allowHosts).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());
        }
    }
}