AddFile.java

package org.dstadler.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.
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 */

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

import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
import org.dstadler.jgit.helper.CookbookHelper;
import org.eclipse.jgit.api.Git;
import org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.GitAPIException;
import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;



/**
 * Simple snippet which shows how to add a file to the index
 *
 * @author dominik.stadler at gmx.at
 */
public class AddFile {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, GitAPIException {
        final File localPath;
        // prepare a new test-repository
        try (Repository repository = CookbookHelper.createNewRepository()) {
            localPath = repository.getWorkTree();

            try (Git git = new Git(repository)) {
                // create the file
                File myFile = new File(repository.getDirectory().getParent(), "testfile");
                if(!myFile.createNewFile()) {
                    throw new IOException("Could not create file " + myFile);
                }

                // run the add-call
                git.add()
                        .addFilepattern("testfile")
                        .call();

                System.out.println("Added file " + myFile + " to repository at " + repository.getDirectory());
            }
        }

        // clean up here to not keep using more and more disk-space for these samples
        FileUtils.deleteDirectory(localPath);
    }
}