JGit: Checkout a remote branch

Question

I\'m using JGit to checkout a remote tracking branch.

Git binrepository = cloneCmd.call()

CheckoutCommand checkoutC         


        

Answer 1

You have to use setCreateBranch to create a branch:

Ref ref = git.checkout().
        setCreateBranch(true).
        setName("branchName").
        setUpstreamMode(CreateBranchCommand.SetupUpstreamMode.TRACK).
        setStartPoint("origin/" + branchName).
        call();

Your first command was the equivalent of git checkout origin/mybranch.

(Edit: I submitted a patch to JGit to improve the documentation of CheckoutCommand: https://git.eclipse.org/r/8259)