FAQ

Where can I find older releases of JGit?

• It's recommended to use the latest released version of JGit
• JGit maven artifacts are published on Eclipse Nexus at https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/jgit-releases/org/eclipse/jgit//
• Find p2 repositories on Eclipse Nexus https://repo.eclipse.org/content/unzip/releases.unzip/org/eclipse/jgit/org.eclipse.jgit.repository/.
• JGit libraries are also published on Maven central.
• JGit versions up to 2.3.1 are archived at https://archive.eclipse.org/jgit/maven/

JGit Releases

Find more information about JGit releases in the project portal

Retention Policy

All released JGit versions available from the above mentioned p2 and Maven repository will be kept forever.

How to inspect the git index

To see what's stored in the git index

• from git cli run git ls-files -v -s

  $ git ls-files -v -s]
  <file type> <mode> <object>                       <stage> <file>)
  H 100644 dc701694e405702940dc97caada20a3e5d64bbba 0     .eclipse_iplog
  H 100644 f57840b7eec86b91b135afc40f20d950c5d86988 0     .gitattributes
  H 100644 1b85c64665f461a1ac948345c5f8034b751eda93 0     LICENSE

• The debug-show-dir-cache command provided by jgit.sh (get it from JGit download page) provides some more details

  $ java -jar jgit-cli.jar --git-dir /c/git/jgit/.git debug-show-dircache
  <mode><length>   <timestamp>         <object>                                      <file>
  100644    871 20100706,131532.000    dc701694e405702940dc97caada20a3e5d64bbba      .eclipse_iplog
  100644     17 20100219,165448.000    f57840b7eec86b91b135afc40f20d950c5d86988      .gitattributes
  100644   1716 20100706,131532.000    1b85c64665f461a1ac948345c5f8034b751eda93      LICENSE