How to get git informations with Java?

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Is there any way to retrieve git information programmatically using Java? I would like to know:

All branches in current repository-directory
Current branch of my working project
All committed informations

In addition can I execute git processes (commit, rollback, checkout, delete branch, etc.) using Java?

I really do appreciate any suggestions .. Thanks

@VonC , are you also would like to suggest to use jgit : eclipse.org/jgit ? Thanks for your useful link .. — Cataclysm, May 17 '14 at 07:36
Yes, JGit seems the main solution to access Git repo from Java. — VonC, May 17 '14 at 07:37
@VonC I had also found http://javagit.sourceforge.net/cookbook.php .This also a nice and lightweight lib. :-) — Cataclysm, May 17 '14 at 07:39
@Cataclysm but certainly not as recent and up-to-date as JGit ;) 2008 vs most recent commit yesterday (https://github.com/eclipse/jgit/commits/master — VonC, May 17 '14 at 07:40
@VonC if possible I would like to use with simple java codes without import any third party libs. :-) — Cataclysm, May 17 '14 at 07:41

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered May 17 '14 at 04:28

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JGit http://eclipse.org/jgit/ is a Java API for interacting with a Git repository. I believe it is the basis of EGit which is the plug-in that integrates Eclipse to Git.

answered May 17 '14 at 04:28

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered May 17 '14 at 03:33

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I think you can make use of shell commands within Java. Try to run a simple shell command withing Java. Then you can add more git specific commands within your program.

http://www.mkyong.com/java/how-to-execute-shell-command-from-java/

answered May 17 '14 at 03:33

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