CreateNewRepository.java

package org.dstadler.jgit;

/*
   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.eclipse.jgit.api.Git;
import org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.GitAPIException;

/**
 * Simple snippet which shows how to create a new repository
 *
 * @author dominik.stadler at gmx.at
 */
public class CreateNewRepository {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, IllegalStateException, GitAPIException {
        // prepare a new folder
        File localPath = File.createTempFile("TestGitRepository", "");
        if(!localPath.delete()) {
            throw new IOException("Could not delete temporary file " + localPath);
        }

        // create the directory
        try (Git git = Git.init().setDirectory(localPath).call()) {
            System.out.println("Having repository: " + git.getRepository().getDirectory());
        }

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