org.eclipse.jgit.api

Class CreateBranchCommand

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.jgit.api.GitCommand<Ref>

org.eclipse.jgit.api.CreateBranchCommand

All Implemented Interfaces:

Callable<Ref>

public class CreateBranchCommand
extends GitCommand<Ref>

Used to create a local branch.

See Also:

Git documentation about Branch

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	CreateBranchCommand.SetupUpstreamMode The modes available for setting up the upstream configuration (corresponding to the --set-upstream, --track, --no-track options

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.jgit.api.GitCommand

repo

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	CreateBranchCommand(Repository repo)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Ref	call()
CreateBranchCommand	setForce(boolean force)
CreateBranchCommand	setName(String name)
CreateBranchCommand	setStartPoint(RevCommit startPoint)
CreateBranchCommand	setStartPoint(String startPoint)
CreateBranchCommand	setUpstreamMode(CreateBranchCommand.SetupUpstreamMode mode)

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jgit.api.GitCommand

checkCallable, getRepository, setCallable

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CreateBranchCommand

protected CreateBranchCommand(Repository repo)

Parameters:

repo -

Method Detail

call

public Ref call()
         throws JGitInternalException,
                RefAlreadyExistsException,
                RefNotFoundException,
                InvalidRefNameException

Returns:

the newly created branch

Throws:

RefAlreadyExistsException - when trying to create (without force) a branch with a name that already exists

RefNotFoundException - if the start point can not be found

InvalidRefNameException - if the provided name is null or otherwise invalid

JGitInternalException

setName

public CreateBranchCommand setName(String name)

Parameters:

name - the name of the new branch

Returns:

this instance

setForce

public CreateBranchCommand setForce(boolean force)

Parameters:

force - if true and the branch with the given name already exists, the start-point of an existing branch will be set to a new start-point; if false, the existing branch will not be changed

Returns:

this instance

setStartPoint

public CreateBranchCommand setStartPoint(String startPoint)

Parameters:

startPoint - corresponds to the start-point option; if null, the current HEAD will be used

Returns:

this instance

setStartPoint

public CreateBranchCommand setStartPoint(RevCommit startPoint)

Parameters:

startPoint - corresponds to the start-point option; if null, the current HEAD will be used

Returns:

this instance

setUpstreamMode

public CreateBranchCommand setUpstreamMode(CreateBranchCommand.SetupUpstreamMode mode)

Parameters:

mode - corresponds to the --track/--no-track/--set-upstream options; may be null

Returns:

this instance