diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/RepoCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/RepoCommand.java
index dd68f6010..31dd51b4f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/RepoCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/RepoCommand.java
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.util.FileUtils;
  * If called against a bare repository, it will replace all the existing content
  * of the repository with the contents populated from the manifest.
  *
- * repo manifest allows projects overlapping, e.g. one project's path is
- * "foo" and another project's path is "foo/bar". This won't
+ * repo manifest allows projects overlapping, e.g. one project's manifestPath is
+ * "foo" and another project's manifestPath is "foo/bar". This won't
  * work in git submodule, so we'll skip all the sub projects
  * ("foo/bar" in the example) while converting.
  *
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.util.FileUtils;
  * @since 3.4
  */
 public class RepoCommand extends GitCommand<RevCommit> {
-	private String path;
+	private String manifestPath;
 	private String uri;
 	private String groupsParam;
 	private String branch;
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ public class RepoCommand extends GitCommand<RevCommit> {
 	 * @return this command
 	 */
 	public RepoCommand setPath(String path) {
-		this.path = path;
+		this.manifestPath = path;
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -452,11 +452,11 @@ public class RepoCommand extends GitCommand<RevCommit> {
 				throw new IllegalArgumentException(
 						JGitText.get().uriNotConfigured);
 			if (inputStream == null) {
-				if (path == null || path.length() == 0)
+				if (manifestPath == null || manifestPath.length() == 0)
 					throw new IllegalArgumentException(
 							JGitText.get().pathNotConfigured);
 				try {
-					inputStream = new FileInputStream(path);
+					inputStream = new FileInputStream(manifestPath);
 				} catch (IOException e) {
 					throw new IllegalArgumentException(
 							JGitText.get().pathNotConfigured);
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ public class RepoCommand extends GitCommand<RevCommit> {
 				git = new Git(repo);
 
 			ManifestParser parser = new ManifestParser(
-					includedReader, path, branch, uri, groupsParam, repo);
+					includedReader, manifestPath, branch, uri, groupsParam, repo);
 			try {
 				parser.read(inputStream);
 				for (RepoProject proj : parser.getFilteredProjects()) {
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ public class RepoCommand extends GitCommand<RevCommit> {
 				Config cfg = new Config();
 				StringBuilder attributes = new StringBuilder();
 				for (RepoProject proj : bareProjects) {
-					String name = proj.getPath();
+					String path = proj.getPath();
 					String nameUri = proj.getName();
 					ObjectId objectId;
 					if (ObjectId.isId(proj.getRevision())
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ public class RepoCommand extends GitCommand<RevCommit> {
 						}
 						if (recordRemoteBranch) {
 							// can be branch or tag
-							cfg.setString("submodule", name, "branch", //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+							cfg.setString("submodule", path, "branch", //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
 									proj.getRevision());
 						}
 
@@ -530,14 +530,14 @@ public class RepoCommand extends GitCommand<RevCommit> {
 							// depth in the 'clone-depth' field, while
 							// git core only uses a binary 'shallow = true/false'
 							// hint, we'll map any depth to 'shallow = true'
-							cfg.setBoolean("submodule", name, "shallow", //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+							cfg.setBoolean("submodule", path, "shallow", //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
 									true);
 						}
 					}
 					if (recordSubmoduleLabels) {
 						StringBuilder rec = new StringBuilder();
 						rec.append("/"); //$NON-NLS-1$
-						rec.append(name);
+						rec.append(path);
 						for (String group : proj.getGroups()) {
 							rec.append(" "); //$NON-NLS-1$
 							rec.append(group);
@@ -545,11 +545,11 @@ public class RepoCommand extends GitCommand<RevCommit> {
 						rec.append("\n"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 						attributes.append(rec.toString());
 					}
-					cfg.setString("submodule", name, "path", name); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
-					cfg.setString("submodule", name, "url", nameUri); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+					cfg.setString("submodule", path, "path", path); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+					cfg.setString("submodule", path, "url", nameUri); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
 
 					// create gitlink
-					DirCacheEntry dcEntry = new DirCacheEntry(name);
+					DirCacheEntry dcEntry = new DirCacheEntry(path);
 					dcEntry.setObjectId(objectId);
 					dcEntry.setFileMode(FileMode.GITLINK);
 					builder.add(dcEntry);
@@ -636,17 +636,17 @@ public class RepoCommand extends GitCommand<RevCommit> {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private void addSubmodule(String url, String name, String revision,
+	private void addSubmodule(String url, String path, String revision,
 			List<CopyFile> copyfiles, Set<String> groups, String recommendShallow)
 			throws GitAPIException, IOException {
 		if (repo.isBare()) {
-			RepoProject proj = new RepoProject(url, name, revision, null, groups, recommendShallow);
+			RepoProject proj = new RepoProject(url, path, revision, null, groups, recommendShallow);
 			proj.addCopyFiles(copyfiles);
 			bareProjects.add(proj);
 		} else {
 			SubmoduleAddCommand add = git
 				.submoduleAdd()
-				.setPath(name)
+				.setPath(path)
 				.setURI(url);
 			if (monitor != null)
 				add.setProgressMonitor(monitor);
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ public class RepoCommand extends GitCommand<RevCommit> {
 							.call();
 				}
 				subRepo.close();
-				git.add().addFilepattern(name).call();
+				git.add().addFilepattern(path).call();
 			}
 			for (CopyFile copyfile : copyfiles) {
 				copyfile.copy();