Confusion in choosing between JavaGit, JGit and EGit

Question

I am making a Java application that uses Git. I found that there is something called JavaGit, EGit and JGit.

I know that JavaGit and EGit/JGit are different. What I

Answer 1

JGit is the Java implementation of Git. It is a library, that also can be used in your own applications. It also provides some sort of CLI operations. EGit on the other side is the Eclipse team provider plugin for Git, which uses JGit as Git implementation. Simplified you could say EGit is the UI part, and JGit the background part. JGit doesn't depend on EGit, but EGit does depend on JGit.

From: https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/273443/