diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java
index 915b9860b..b32f7ab20 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ public class CommitCommand extends GitCommand<RevCommit> {
 			int position = Collections.binarySearch(only, p);
 			if (position >= 0)
 				return position;
-			int l = p.lastIndexOf("/"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			int l = p.lastIndexOf('/');
 			if (l < 1)
 				break;
 			p = p.substring(0, l);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/RebaseCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/RebaseCommand.java
index 715d9768d..6eed0b3f6 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/RebaseCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/RebaseCommand.java
@@ -833,7 +833,8 @@ public class RebaseCommand extends GitCommand<RebaseResult> {
 		sb.append("# This is a combination of ").append(count)
 				.append(" commits.\n");
 		// Add the previous message without header (i.e first line)
-		sb.append(currSquashMessage.substring(currSquashMessage.indexOf("\n") + 1));
+		sb.append(currSquashMessage
+				.substring(currSquashMessage.indexOf('\n') + 1));
 		sb.append("\n");
 		if (isSquash) {
 			sb.append("# This is the ").append(count).append(ordinal)
@@ -871,7 +872,7 @@ public class RebaseCommand extends GitCommand<RebaseResult> {
 	static int parseSquashFixupSequenceCount(String currSquashMessage) {
 		String regex = "This is a combination of (.*) commits"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 		String firstLine = currSquashMessage.substring(0,
-				currSquashMessage.indexOf("\n")); //$NON-NLS-1$
+				currSquashMessage.indexOf('\n'));
 		Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex);
 		Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(firstLine);
 		if (!matcher.find())
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/attributes/AttributesRule.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/attributes/AttributesRule.java
index a91d8c282..ead99c79c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/attributes/AttributesRule.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/attributes/AttributesRule.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public class AttributesRule {
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			final int equalsIndex = attribute.indexOf("="); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			final int equalsIndex = attribute.indexOf('=');
 			if (equalsIndex == -1)
 				result.add(new Attribute(attribute, State.SET));
 			else {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityRenameDetector.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityRenameDetector.java
index d8a05c34e..5c07f88a5 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityRenameDetector.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/SimilarityRenameDetector.java
@@ -335,8 +335,8 @@ class SimilarityRenameDetector {
 	}
 
 	static int nameScore(String a, String b) {
-	    int aDirLen = a.lastIndexOf("/") + 1; //$NON-NLS-1$
-	    int bDirLen = b.lastIndexOf("/") + 1; //$NON-NLS-1$
+		int aDirLen = a.lastIndexOf('/') + 1;
+		int bDirLen = b.lastIndexOf('/') + 1;
 
 	    int dirMin = Math.min(aDirLen, bDirLen);
 	    int dirMax = Math.max(aDirLen, bDirLen);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/BasePackPushConnection.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/BasePackPushConnection.java
index 35ea35ecb..12ade4d19 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/BasePackPushConnection.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/BasePackPushConnection.java
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ public abstract class BasePackPushConnection extends BasePackConnection implemen
 				refNameEnd = refLine.length();
 			} else if (refLine.startsWith("ng ")) { //$NON-NLS-1$
 				ok = false;
-				refNameEnd = refLine.indexOf(" ", 3); //$NON-NLS-1$
+				refNameEnd = refLine.indexOf(' ', 3);
 			}
 			if (refNameEnd == -1)
 				throw new PackProtocolException(MessageFormat.format(JGitText.get().unexpectedReportLine2
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/ChangeIdUtil.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/ChangeIdUtil.java
index 66f996554..957cb5af6 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/ChangeIdUtil.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/ChangeIdUtil.java
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public class ChangeIdUtil {
 			ret.append(CHANGE_ID);
 			ret.append(" I"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 			ret.append(ObjectId.toString(changeId));
-			int indexOfNextLineBreak = message.indexOf("\n", //$NON-NLS-1$
+			int indexOfNextLineBreak = message.indexOf('\n',
 					indexOfChangeId);
 			if (indexOfNextLineBreak > 0)
 				ret.append(message.substring(indexOfNextLineBreak));