JGit: Checkout a remote branch

Question

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

Git binrepository = cloneCmd.call()

CheckoutCommand checkoutC         


        

Answer 1

As shown in the code of CheckoutCommand, you need to set the boolean createBranch to true in order to create a local branch.

You can see an example in CheckoutCommandTest - testCreateBranchOnCheckout()

@Test
public void testCreateBranchOnCheckout() throws Exception {
  git.checkout().setCreateBranch(true).setName("test2").call();
  assertNotNull(db.getRef("test2"));
}