.TH JGIT 1 "November  11, 2011"
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.SH NAME
jgit \- Pure Java GIT version control system implementation
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B jgit --git-dir GIT_DIR --help (-h) --show-stack-trace command [ARG ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B JGit 
is an implementation of GIT VCS written in Java language.
.PP
.B Git 
is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich
command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-\-git\-dir GIT_DIR
Set the git repository to operate on
.TP
.B \-\-help (\-h)
Display help text
.TP
.B \-\-show\-stack\-trace
display the Java stack trace on exceptions
.PP
The most commonly used commands are:
.TP 10
.B add
Add file contents to the index
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.B branch
List, create, or delete branches
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.B checkout
Checkout a branch to the working tree
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.B clone
Clone a repository into a new directory
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.B commit
Record changes to the repository
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.B daemon
Export repositories over git://
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.B diff
Show diffs
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.B fetch
Update remote refs from another repository
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.B init
Create an empty git repository
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.B log
View commit history
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.B merge
Merges two development histories
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.B push
Update remote repository from local refs
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.B rm
Stop tracking a file
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.B tag
Create a tag
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.B version
Display the version of jgit
.PP
.SH AUTHOR
JGit was written by Eclipse JGIT Project contributors,
.B http://www.eclipse.org/jgit
.PP
This manual page was written by Jakub Adam <jakub.adam@ktknet.cz>,
for the Debian project (but may be used by others).