Remove 'final' in parameter lists

Change-Id: Id924f79c8b2c720297ebc49bf9c5d4ddd6d52547
Signed-off-by: Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com>

org.eclipse.jgit.http.apache/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/http/apache/HttpClientConnection.java

@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ public class HttpClientConnection implements HttpConnection {
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	public void setHostnameVerifier(final HostnameVerifier hostnameverifier) {
+	public void setHostnameVerifier(HostnameVerifier hostnameverifier) {
 		this.hostnameverifier = hostnameverifier;
 	}
 

org.eclipse.jgit.http.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/http/server/FileSender.java

@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ final class FileSender {
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	private static Enumeration<String> getRange(final HttpServletRequest req) {
+	private static Enumeration<String> getRange(HttpServletRequest req) {
 		return req.getHeaders(HDR_RANGE);
 	}
 }

org.eclipse.jgit.http.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/http/server/GitServlet.java

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public class GitServlet extends MetaServlet {
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	public void init(final ServletConfig config) throws ServletException {
+	public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException {
 		gitFilter.init(new FilterConfig() {
 			@Override
 			public String getFilterName() {

org.eclipse.jgit.http.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/http/server/InfoPacksServlet.java

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class InfoPacksServlet extends HttpServlet {
 		sendPlainText(packList(req), req, rsp);
 	}
 
-	private static String packList(final HttpServletRequest req) {
+	private static String packList(HttpServletRequest req) {
 		final StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder();
 		final ObjectDatabase db = getRepository(req).getObjectDatabase();
 		if (db instanceof ObjectDirectory) {

org.eclipse.jgit.http.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/http/server/InfoRefsServlet.java

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class InfoRefsServlet extends HttpServlet {
 				Constants.CHARSET)) {
 			final RefAdvertiser adv = new RefAdvertiser() {
 				@Override
-				protected void writeOne(final CharSequence line)
+				protected void writeOne(CharSequence line)
 						throws IOException {
 					// Whoever decided that info/refs should use a different
 					// delimiter than the native git:// protocol shouldn't

org.eclipse.jgit.http.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/http/server/IsLocalFilter.java

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class IsLocalFilter implements Filter {
 			((HttpServletResponse) response).sendError(SC_FORBIDDEN);
 	}
 
-	private static boolean isLocal(final Repository db) {
+	private static boolean isLocal(Repository db) {
 		return db.getObjectDatabase() instanceof ObjectDirectory;
 	}
 }

org.eclipse.jgit.http.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/http/server/ObjectFileServlet.java

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ abstract class ObjectFileServlet extends HttpServlet {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private static File objects(final HttpServletRequest req) {
+	private static File objects(HttpServletRequest req) {
 		final Repository db = getRepository(req);
 		return ((ObjectDirectory) db.getObjectDatabase()).getDirectory();
 	}

org.eclipse.jgit.http.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/http/server/RepositoryFilter.java

@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ public class RepositoryFilter implements Filter {
 	 *            {@link org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository} instance for the
 	 *            current web request.
 	 */
-	public RepositoryFilter(final RepositoryResolver<HttpServletRequest> resolver) {
+	public RepositoryFilter(RepositoryResolver<HttpServletRequest> resolver) {
 		this.resolver = resolver;
 	}
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	public void init(final FilterConfig config) throws ServletException {
+	public void init(FilterConfig config) throws ServletException {
 		context = config.getServletContext();
 	}
 

org.eclipse.jgit.http.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/http/server/ServletUtils.java

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public final class ServletUtils {
 	 *             the filter runs before the servlet.
 	 * @see #ATTRIBUTE_REPOSITORY
 	 */
-	public static Repository getRepository(final ServletRequest req) {
+	public static Repository getRepository(ServletRequest req) {
 		Repository db = (Repository) req.getAttribute(ATTRIBUTE_REPOSITORY);
 		if (db == null)
 			throw new IllegalStateException(HttpServerText.get().expectedRepositoryAttribute);
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public final class ServletUtils {
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 *             if an input or output exception occurred.
 	 */
-	public static InputStream getInputStream(final HttpServletRequest req)
+	public static InputStream getInputStream(HttpServletRequest req)
 			throws IOException {
 		InputStream in = req.getInputStream();
 		final String enc = req.getHeader(HDR_CONTENT_ENCODING);
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ public final class ServletUtils {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	private static byte[] compress(final byte[] raw) throws IOException {
+	private static byte[] compress(byte[] raw) throws IOException {
 		final int maxLen = raw.length + 32;
 		final ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream(maxLen);
 		final GZIPOutputStream gz = new GZIPOutputStream(out);
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ public final class ServletUtils {
 		return out.toByteArray();
 	}
 
-	private static String etag(final byte[] content) {
+	private static String etag(byte[] content) {
 		final MessageDigest md = Constants.newMessageDigest();
 		md.update(content);
 		return ObjectId.fromRaw(md.digest()).getName();

org.eclipse.jgit.http.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/http/server/TextFileServlet.java

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class TextFileServlet extends HttpServlet {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private byte[] read(final HttpServletRequest req) throws IOException {
+	private byte[] read(HttpServletRequest req) throws IOException {
 		final File gitdir = getRepository(req).getDirectory();
 		if (gitdir == null)
 			throw new FileNotFoundException(fileName);

org.eclipse.jgit.http.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/http/server/glue/ErrorServlet.java

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class ErrorServlet extends HttpServlet {
 	 * @param status
 	 *            the HTTP status code to always send.
 	 */
-	public ErrorServlet(final int status) {
+	public ErrorServlet(int status) {
 		this.status = status;
 	}
 

org.eclipse.jgit.http.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/http/server/glue/RegexGroupFilter.java

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class RegexGroupFilter implements Filter {
 	 * @param groupIdx
 	 *            capture group number, 1 through the number of groups.
 	 */
-	public RegexGroupFilter(final int groupIdx) {
+	public RegexGroupFilter(int groupIdx) {
 		if (groupIdx < 1)
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException(MessageFormat.format(
 					HttpServerText.get().invalidIndex, valueOf(groupIdx)));
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class RegexGroupFilter implements Filter {
 					valueOf(groupIdx + 1)));
 	}
 
-	private static WrappedRequest[] groupsFor(final ServletRequest r) {
+	private static WrappedRequest[] groupsFor(ServletRequest r) {
 		return (WrappedRequest[]) r.getAttribute(MetaFilter.REGEX_GROUPS);
 	}
 }

org.eclipse.jgit.http.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/http/server/resolver/DefaultReceivePackFactory.java

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class DefaultReceivePackFactory implements
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	public ReceivePack create(final HttpServletRequest req, final Repository db)
+	public ReceivePack create(HttpServletRequest req, Repository db)
 			throws ServiceNotEnabledException, ServiceNotAuthorizedException {
 		final ServiceConfig cfg = db.getConfig().get(ServiceConfig::new);
 		String user = req.getRemoteUser();

org.eclipse.jgit.http.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/http/server/resolver/DefaultUploadPackFactory.java

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class DefaultUploadPackFactory implements
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	public UploadPack create(final HttpServletRequest req, final Repository db)
+	public UploadPack create(HttpServletRequest req, Repository db)
 			throws ServiceNotEnabledException, ServiceNotAuthorizedException {
 		if (db.getConfig().get(ServiceConfig::new).enabled)
 			return new UploadPack(db);

org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/http/test/HttpClientTests.java

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public class HttpClientTests extends HttpTestCase {
 		smartAuthBasicURI = toURIish(sBasic, srcName);
 	}
 
-	private ServletContextHandler dumb(final String path) {
+	private ServletContextHandler dumb(String path) {
 		final File srcGit = remoteRepository.getRepository().getDirectory();
 		final URI base = srcGit.getParentFile().toURI();
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class HttpClientTests extends HttpTestCase {
 		return ctx;
 	}
 
-	private ServletContextHandler smart(final String path) {
+	private ServletContextHandler smart(String path) {
 		GitServlet gs = new GitServlet();
 		gs.setRepositoryResolver(new RepositoryResolver<HttpServletRequest>() {
 			@Override
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class HttpClientTests extends HttpTestCase {
 		return ctx;
 	}
 
-	private static String nameOf(final Repository db) {
+	private static String nameOf(Repository db) {
 		return db.getDirectory().getName();
 	}
 

org.eclipse.jgit.junit.http/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/http/AccessEvent.java

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class AccessEvent {
 		responseHeaders = cloneHeaders(rsp);
 	}
 
-	private static Map<String, String> cloneHeaders(final Request req) {
+	private static Map<String, String> cloneHeaders(Request req) {
 		Map<String, String> r = new TreeMap<>();
 		Enumeration hn = req.getHeaderNames();
 		while (hn.hasMoreElements()) {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class AccessEvent {
 		return Collections.unmodifiableMap(r);
 	}
 
-	private static Map<String, String> cloneHeaders(final Response rsp) {
+	private static Map<String, String> cloneHeaders(Response rsp) {
 		Map<String, String> r = new TreeMap<>();
 		Enumeration<String> hn = rsp.getHttpFields().getFieldNames();
 		while (hn.hasMoreElements()) {

org.eclipse.jgit.junit.http/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/http/RecordingLogger.java

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public class RecordingLogger implements Logger {
 	 *
 	 * @param name
 	 */
-	public RecordingLogger(final String name) {
+	public RecordingLogger(String name) {
 		this.name = name;
 	}
 

org.eclipse.jgit.junit.http/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/http/SimpleHttpServer.java

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public class SimpleHttpServer {
 		return secureUri;
 	}
 
-	private ServletContextHandler smart(final String path) {
+	private ServletContextHandler smart(String path) {
 		GitServlet gs = new GitServlet();
 		gs.setRepositoryResolver(new RepositoryResolver<HttpServletRequest>() {
 			@Override
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public class SimpleHttpServer {
 		return ctx;
 	}
 
-	private static String nameOf(final Repository db) {
+	private static String nameOf(Repository db) {
 		return db.getDirectory().getName();
 	}
 

org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/JGitTestUtil.java

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public abstract class JGitTestUtil {
 	 * @param fileName
 	 * @return the test resource file
 	 */
-	public static File getTestResourceFile(final String fileName) {
+	public static File getTestResourceFile(String fileName) {
 		if (fileName == null || fileName.length() <= 0) {
 			return null;
 		}
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ public abstract class JGitTestUtil {
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 *             the file could not be written.
 	 */
-	public static void write(final File f, final String body)
+	public static void write(File f, String body)
 			throws IOException {
 		FileUtils.mkdirs(f.getParentFile(), true);
 		try (Writer w = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(f),
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ public abstract class JGitTestUtil {
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 *             the file does not exist, or could not be read.
 	 */
-	public static String read(final File file) throws IOException {
+	public static String read(File file) throws IOException {
 		final byte[] body = IO.readFully(file);
 		return new String(body, 0, body.length, CHARSET);
 	}
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ public abstract class JGitTestUtil {
 	 * @return the content of the file
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 */
-	public static String read(final Repository db, final String name)
+	public static String read(Repository db, String name)
 			throws IOException {
 		File file = new File(db.getWorkTree(), name);
 		return read(file);
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ public abstract class JGitTestUtil {
 	 *            name of the file
 	 * @return {@code true} if the file exists
 	 */
-	public static boolean check(final Repository db, final String name) {
+	public static boolean check(Repository db, String name) {
 		File file = new File(db.getWorkTree(), name);
 		return file.exists();
 	}

org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase.java

@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public abstract class LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 	 * @param dir
 	 *            the recursively directory to delete, if present.
 	 */
-	protected void recursiveDelete(final File dir) {
+	protected void recursiveDelete(File dir) {
 		recursiveDelete(dir, false, true);
 	}
 
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ public abstract class LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 *             the file could not be written.
 	 */
-	protected File write(final String body) throws IOException {
+	protected File write(String body) throws IOException {
 		final File f = File.createTempFile("temp", "txt", tmp);
 		try {
 			write(f, body);
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ public abstract class LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 *             the file could not be written.
 	 */
-	protected void write(final File f, final String body) throws IOException {
+	protected void write(File f, String body) throws IOException {
 		JGitTestUtil.write(f, body);
 	}
 
@@ -583,11 +583,11 @@ public abstract class LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 	 * @return the content of the file
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 */
-	protected String read(final File f) throws IOException {
+	protected String read(File f) throws IOException {
 		return JGitTestUtil.read(f);
 	}
 
-	private static String[] toEnvArray(final Map<String, String> env) {
+	private static String[] toEnvArray(Map<String, String> env) {
 		final String[] envp = new String[env.size()];
 		int i = 0;
 		for (Map.Entry<String, String> e : env.entrySet())

org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/MockSystemReader.java

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public class MockSystemReader extends SystemReader {
 		setCurrentPlatform();
 	}
 
-	private void init(final String n) {
+	private void init(String n) {
 		setProperty(n, n);
 	}
 
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public class MockSystemReader extends SystemReader {
 	 *            number of seconds to add to the current time.
 	 * @since 4.2
 	 */
-	public void tick(final int secDelta) {
+	public void tick(int secDelta) {
 		now += secDelta * 1000L;
 	}
 

org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/RepositoryTestCase.java

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public abstract class RepositoryTestCase extends LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 	 * @param dst
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 */
-	protected static void copyFile(final File src, final File dst)
+	protected static void copyFile(File src, File dst)
 			throws IOException {
 		try (FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(src);
 				FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(dst)) {
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public abstract class RepositoryTestCase extends LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 	 * @return the trash file
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 */
-	protected File writeTrashFile(final String name, final String data)
+	protected File writeTrashFile(String name, String data)
 			throws IOException {
 		return JGitTestUtil.writeTrashFile(db, name, data);
 	}
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public abstract class RepositoryTestCase extends LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 * @since 4.2
 	 */
-	protected Path writeLink(final String link, final String target)
+	protected Path writeLink(String link, String target)
 			throws Exception {
 		return JGitTestUtil.writeLink(db, link, target);
 	}
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public abstract class RepositoryTestCase extends LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 	 * @return the file's content
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 */
-	protected String read(final String name) throws IOException {
+	protected String read(String name) throws IOException {
 		return JGitTestUtil.read(db, name);
 	}
 
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public abstract class RepositoryTestCase extends LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 	 *            file name
 	 * @return if the file exists
 	 */
-	protected boolean check(final String name) {
+	protected boolean check(String name) {
 		return JGitTestUtil.check(db, name);
 	}
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public abstract class RepositoryTestCase extends LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 	 *            file name
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 */
-	protected void deleteTrashFile(final String name) throws IOException {
+	protected void deleteTrashFile(String name) throws IOException {
 		JGitTestUtil.deleteTrashFile(db, name);
 	}
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ public abstract class RepositoryTestCase extends LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 	 *            expected content
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 */
-	protected static void checkFile(File f, final String checkData)
+	protected static void checkFile(File f, String checkData)
 			throws IOException {
 		try (Reader r = new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(f),
 				CHARSET)) {
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ public abstract class RepositoryTestCase extends LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 	 * @param mode
 	 * @return the DirCacheEntry
 	 */
-	protected DirCacheEntry createEntry(final String path, final FileMode mode) {
+	protected DirCacheEntry createEntry(String path, FileMode mode) {
 		return createEntry(path, mode, DirCacheEntry.STAGE_0, path);
 	}
 

org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/TestRepository.java

@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ public class TestRepository<R extends Repository> {
 	 * @param secDelta
 	 *            number of seconds to add to the current time.
 	 */
-	public void tick(final int secDelta) {
+	public void tick(int secDelta) {
 		mockSystemReader.tick(secDelta);
 	}
 
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ public class TestRepository<R extends Repository> {
 	 * @return reference to the blob.
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
-	public RevBlob blob(final String content) throws Exception {
+	public RevBlob blob(String content) throws Exception {
 		return blob(content.getBytes(CHARSET));
 	}
 
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ public class TestRepository<R extends Repository> {
 	 * @return reference to the blob.
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
-	public RevBlob blob(final byte[] content) throws Exception {
+	public RevBlob blob(byte[] content) throws Exception {
 		ObjectId id;
 		try (ObjectInserter ins = inserter) {
 			id = ins.insert(Constants.OBJ_BLOB, content);
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ public class TestRepository<R extends Repository> {
 	 * @return the entry.
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
-	public DirCacheEntry file(final String path, final RevBlob blob)
+	public DirCacheEntry file(String path, RevBlob blob)
 			throws Exception {
 		final DirCacheEntry e = new DirCacheEntry(path);
 		e.setFileMode(FileMode.REGULAR_FILE);
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ public class TestRepository<R extends Repository> {
 	 * @return reference to the tree specified by the entry list.
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
-	public RevTree tree(final DirCacheEntry... entries) throws Exception {
+	public RevTree tree(DirCacheEntry... entries) throws Exception {
 		final DirCache dc = DirCache.newInCore();
 		final DirCacheBuilder b = dc.builder();
 		for (final DirCacheEntry e : entries)
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ public class TestRepository<R extends Repository> {
 	 * @return the parsed object entry at this path, never null.
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
-	public RevObject get(final RevTree tree, final String path)
+	public RevObject get(RevTree tree, String path)
 			throws Exception {
 		try (TreeWalk tw = new TreeWalk(pool.getObjectReader())) {
 			tw.setFilter(PathFilterGroup.createFromStrings(Collections
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ public class TestRepository<R extends Repository> {
 	 * @return the new commit.
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
-	public RevCommit commit(final RevCommit... parents) throws Exception {
+	public RevCommit commit(RevCommit... parents) throws Exception {
 		return commit(1, tree(), parents);
 	}
 
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ public class TestRepository<R extends Repository> {
 	 * @return the new commit.
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
-	public RevCommit commit(final RevTree tree, final RevCommit... parents)
+	public RevCommit commit(RevTree tree, RevCommit... parents)
 			throws Exception {
 		return commit(1, tree, parents);
 	}
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ public class TestRepository<R extends Repository> {
 	 * @return the new commit.
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
-	public RevCommit commit(final int secDelta, final RevCommit... parents)
+	public RevCommit commit(int secDelta, RevCommit... parents)
 			throws Exception {
 		return commit(secDelta, tree(), parents);
 	}
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ public class TestRepository<R extends Repository> {
 	 * @return the annotated tag object.
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
-	public RevTag tag(final String name, final RevObject dst) throws Exception {
+	public RevTag tag(String name, RevObject dst) throws Exception {
 		final TagBuilder t = new TagBuilder();
 		t.setObjectId(dst);
 		t.setTag(name);
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ public class TestRepository<R extends Repository> {
 			final FileRepository fr = (FileRepository) db;
 			RefWriter rw = new RefWriter(fr.getAllRefs().values()) {
 				@Override
-				protected void writeFile(final String name, final byte[] bin)
+				protected void writeFile(String name, byte[] bin)
 						throws IOException {
 					File path = new File(fr.getDirectory(), name);
 					TestRepository.this.writeFile(path, bin);
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ public class TestRepository<R extends Repository> {
 	 * @return {@code object}
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
-	public <T extends RevObject> T parseBody(final T object) throws Exception {
+	public <T extends RevObject> T parseBody(T object) throws Exception {
 		pool.parseBody(object);
 		return object;
 	}
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ public class TestRepository<R extends Repository> {
 		return new File(packdir, "pack-" + name.name() + t);
 	}
 
-	private void writeFile(final File p, final byte[] bin) throws IOException,
+	private void writeFile(File p, byte[] bin) throws IOException,
 			ObjectWritingException {
 		final LockFile lck = new LockFile(p);
 		if (!lck.lock())
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ public class TestRepository<R extends Repository> {
 			return add(path, blob(content));
 		}
 
-		public CommitBuilder add(String path, final RevBlob id)
+		public CommitBuilder add(String path, RevBlob id)
 				throws Exception {
 			return edit(new PathEdit(path) {
 				@Override

org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/TestRng.java

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class TestRng {
 	 * @param seed
 	 *            seed to bootstrap, usually this is the test method name.
 	 */
-	public TestRng(final String seed) {
+	public TestRng(String seed) {
 		next = 0;
 		for (int i = 0; i < seed.length(); i++)
 			next = next * 11 + seed.charAt(i);
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class TestRng {
 	 *            number of random bytes to produce.
 	 * @return array of {@code cnt} randomly generated bytes.
 	 */
-	public byte[] nextBytes(final int cnt) {
+	public byte[] nextBytes(int cnt) {
 		final byte[] r = new byte[cnt];
 		for (int i = 0; i < cnt; i++)
 			r[i] = (byte) nextInt();

org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/server/fs/FileLfsRepository.java

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public class FileLfsRepository implements LargeFileRepository {
 	private static final char[] hexchar = { '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6',
 			'7', '8', '9', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f' };
 
-	private static void formatHexChar(final char[] dst, final int p, int b) {
+	private static void formatHexChar(char[] dst, int p, int b) {
 		int o = p + 1;
 		while (o >= p && b != 0) {
 			dst[o--] = hexchar[b & 0xf];

org.eclipse.jgit.lfs/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/lib/AbbreviatedLongObjectId.java

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public final class AbbreviatedLongObjectId implements Serializable {
 	 *            the string to test.
 	 * @return true if the string can converted into an AbbreviatedObjectId.
 	 */
-	public static final boolean isId(final String id) {
+	public static final boolean isId(String id) {
 		if (id.length() < 2
 				|| Constants.LONG_OBJECT_ID_STRING_LENGTH < id.length())
 			return false;
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public final class AbbreviatedLongObjectId implements Serializable {
 	 *            the string to read from. Must be &lt;= 64 characters.
 	 * @return the converted object id.
 	 */
-	public static final AbbreviatedLongObjectId fromString(final String str) {
+	public static final AbbreviatedLongObjectId fromString(String str) {
 		if (str.length() > Constants.LONG_OBJECT_ID_STRING_LENGTH)
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException(
 					MessageFormat.format(LfsText.get().invalidLongId, str));
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ public final class AbbreviatedLongObjectId implements Serializable {
 	 *         &gt;0 if this abbreviation names an object that is after
 	 *         <code>other</code>.
 	 */
-	public final int prefixCompare(final AnyLongObjectId other) {
+	public final int prefixCompare(AnyLongObjectId other) {
 		int cmp;
 
 		cmp = NB.compareUInt64(w1, mask(1, other.w1));
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ public final class AbbreviatedLongObjectId implements Serializable {
 	 *         &gt;0 if this abbreviation names an object that is after
 	 *         <code>other</code>.
 	 */
-	public final int prefixCompare(final byte[] bs, final int p) {
+	public final int prefixCompare(byte[] bs, int p) {
 		int cmp;
 
 		cmp = NB.compareUInt64(w1, mask(1, NB.decodeInt64(bs, p)));
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ public final class AbbreviatedLongObjectId implements Serializable {
 	 *         &gt;0 if this abbreviation names an object that is after
 	 *         <code>other</code>.
 	 */
-	public final int prefixCompare(final long[] bs, final int p) {
+	public final int prefixCompare(long[] bs, int p) {
 		int cmp;
 
 		cmp = NB.compareUInt64(w1, mask(1, bs[p]));
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ public final class AbbreviatedLongObjectId implements Serializable {
 		return (int) (w1 >>> 56);
 	}
 
-	private long mask(final long word, final long v) {
+	private long mask(long word, long v) {
 		return mask(nibbles, word, v);
 	}
 
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ public final class AbbreviatedLongObjectId implements Serializable {
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	public boolean equals(final Object o) {
+	public boolean equals(Object o) {
 		if (o instanceof AbbreviatedLongObjectId) {
 			final AbbreviatedLongObjectId b = (AbbreviatedLongObjectId) o;
 			return nibbles == b.nibbles && w1 == b.w1 && w2 == b.w2

org.eclipse.jgit.lfs/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/lib/AnyLongObjectId.java

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public abstract class AnyLongObjectId implements Comparable<AnyLongObjectId> {
 	 * Compare this LongObjectId to another and obtain a sort ordering.
 	 */
 	@Override
-	public final int compareTo(final AnyLongObjectId other) {
+	public final int compareTo(AnyLongObjectId other) {
 		if (this == other)
 			return 0;
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public abstract class AnyLongObjectId implements Comparable<AnyLongObjectId> {
 	 * @return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is
 	 *         less than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.
 	 */
-	public final int compareTo(final byte[] bs, final int p) {
+	public final int compareTo(byte[] bs, int p) {
 		int cmp;
 
 		cmp = NB.compareUInt64(w1, NB.decodeInt64(bs, p));
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ public abstract class AnyLongObjectId implements Comparable<AnyLongObjectId> {
 	 * @return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is
 	 *         less than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.
 	 */
-	public final int compareTo(final long[] bs, final int p) {
+	public final int compareTo(long[] bs, int p) {
 		int cmp;
 
 		cmp = NB.compareUInt64(w1, bs[p]);
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ public abstract class AnyLongObjectId implements Comparable<AnyLongObjectId> {
 	 * @return true if this LongObjectId begins with the abbreviation; else
 	 *         false.
 	 */
-	public boolean startsWith(final AbbreviatedLongObjectId abbr) {
+	public boolean startsWith(AbbreviatedLongObjectId abbr) {
 		return abbr.prefixCompare(this) == 0;
 	}
 
@@ -274,13 +274,13 @@ public abstract class AnyLongObjectId implements Comparable<AnyLongObjectId> {
 	 *            the other id to compare to. May be null.
 	 * @return true only if both LongObjectIds have identical bits.
 	 */
-	public final boolean equals(final AnyLongObjectId other) {
+	public final boolean equals(AnyLongObjectId other) {
 		return other != null ? equals(this, other) : false;
 	}
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	public final boolean equals(final Object o) {
+	public final boolean equals(Object o) {
 		if (o instanceof AnyLongObjectId)
 			return equals((AnyLongObjectId) o);
 		else
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ public abstract class AnyLongObjectId implements Comparable<AnyLongObjectId> {
 	 * @param w
 	 *            the buffer to copy to. Must be in big endian order.
 	 */
-	public void copyRawTo(final ByteBuffer w) {
+	public void copyRawTo(ByteBuffer w) {
 		w.putLong(w1);
 		w.putLong(w2);
 		w.putLong(w3);
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ public abstract class AnyLongObjectId implements Comparable<AnyLongObjectId> {
 	 * @param o
 	 *            the offset within b to write at.
 	 */
-	public void copyRawTo(final byte[] b, final int o) {
+	public void copyRawTo(byte[] b, int o) {
 		NB.encodeInt64(b, o, w1);
 		NB.encodeInt64(b, o + 8, w2);
 		NB.encodeInt64(b, o + 16, w3);
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ public abstract class AnyLongObjectId implements Comparable<AnyLongObjectId> {
 	 * @param o
 	 *            the offset within b to write at.
 	 */
-	public void copyRawTo(final long[] b, final int o) {
+	public void copyRawTo(long[] b, int o) {
 		b[o] = w1;
 		b[o + 1] = w2;
 		b[o + 2] = w3;
@@ -338,14 +338,14 @@ public abstract class AnyLongObjectId implements Comparable<AnyLongObjectId> {
 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
 	 *             the stream writing failed.
 	 */
-	public void copyRawTo(final OutputStream w) throws IOException {
+	public void copyRawTo(OutputStream w) throws IOException {
 		writeRawLong(w, w1);
 		writeRawLong(w, w2);
 		writeRawLong(w, w3);
 		writeRawLong(w, w4);
 	}
 
-	private static void writeRawLong(final OutputStream w, long v)
+	private static void writeRawLong(OutputStream w, long v)
 			throws IOException {
 		w.write((int) (v >>> 56));
 		w.write((int) (v >>> 48));
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ public abstract class AnyLongObjectId implements Comparable<AnyLongObjectId> {
 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
 	 *             the stream writing failed.
 	 */
-	public void copyTo(final OutputStream w) throws IOException {
+	public void copyTo(OutputStream w) throws IOException {
 		w.write(toHexByteArray());
 	}
 
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ public abstract class AnyLongObjectId implements Comparable<AnyLongObjectId> {
 	private static final byte[] hexbyte = { '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6',
 			'7', '8', '9', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f' };
 
-	private static void formatHexByte(final byte[] dst, final int p, long w) {
+	private static void formatHexByte(byte[] dst, int p, long w) {
 		int o = p + 15;
 		while (o >= p && w != 0) {
 			dst[o--] = hexbyte[(int) (w & 0xf)];
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ public abstract class AnyLongObjectId implements Comparable<AnyLongObjectId> {
 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
 	 *             the stream writing failed.
 	 */
-	public void copyTo(final Writer w) throws IOException {
+	public void copyTo(Writer w) throws IOException {
 		w.write(toHexCharArray());
 	}
 
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ public abstract class AnyLongObjectId implements Comparable<AnyLongObjectId> {
 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
 	 *             the stream writing failed.
 	 */
-	public void copyTo(final char[] tmp, final Writer w) throws IOException {
+	public void copyTo(char[] tmp, Writer w) throws IOException {
 		toHexCharArray(tmp);
 		w.write(tmp, 0, Constants.LONG_OBJECT_ID_STRING_LENGTH);
 	}
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ public abstract class AnyLongObjectId implements Comparable<AnyLongObjectId> {
 	 * @param w
 	 *            the string to append onto.
 	 */
-	public void copyTo(final char[] tmp, final StringBuilder w) {
+	public void copyTo(char[] tmp, StringBuilder w) {
 		toHexCharArray(tmp);
 		w.append(tmp, 0, Constants.LONG_OBJECT_ID_STRING_LENGTH);
 	}
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ public abstract class AnyLongObjectId implements Comparable<AnyLongObjectId> {
 		return dst;
 	}
 
-	private void toHexCharArray(final char[] dst) {
+	private void toHexCharArray(char[] dst) {
 		formatHexChar(dst, 0, w1);
 		formatHexChar(dst, 16, w2);
 		formatHexChar(dst, 32, w3);
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ public abstract class AnyLongObjectId implements Comparable<AnyLongObjectId> {
 	 *            length of the abbreviated string.
 	 * @return SHA-256 abbreviation.
 	 */
-	public AbbreviatedLongObjectId abbreviate(final int len) {
+	public AbbreviatedLongObjectId abbreviate(int len) {
 		final long a = AbbreviatedLongObjectId.mask(len, 1, w1);
 		final long b = AbbreviatedLongObjectId.mask(len, 2, w2);
 		final long c = AbbreviatedLongObjectId.mask(len, 3, w3);

org.eclipse.jgit.lfs/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/lib/LongObjectId.java

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class LongObjectId extends AnyLongObjectId implements Serializable {
 	 *            the string to test.
 	 * @return true if the string can converted into an LongObjectId.
 	 */
-	public static final boolean isId(final String id) {
+	public static final boolean isId(String id) {
 		if (id.length() != Constants.LONG_OBJECT_ID_STRING_LENGTH)
 			return false;
 		try {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class LongObjectId extends AnyLongObjectId implements Serializable {
 	 *            the id to convert. May be null.
 	 * @return the hex string conversion of this id's content.
 	 */
-	public static final String toString(final LongObjectId i) {
+	public static final String toString(LongObjectId i) {
 		return i != null ? i.name() : ZEROID_STR;
 	}
 
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public class LongObjectId extends AnyLongObjectId implements Serializable {
 	 *            available within this byte array.
 	 * @return the converted object id.
 	 */
-	public static final LongObjectId fromRaw(final byte[] bs) {
+	public static final LongObjectId fromRaw(byte[] bs) {
 		return fromRaw(bs, 0);
 	}
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public class LongObjectId extends AnyLongObjectId implements Serializable {
 	 *            position to read the first byte of data from.
 	 * @return the converted object id.
 	 */
-	public static final LongObjectId fromRaw(final byte[] bs, final int p) {
+	public static final LongObjectId fromRaw(byte[] bs, int p) {
 		final long a = NB.decodeInt64(bs, p);
 		final long b = NB.decodeInt64(bs, p + 8);
 		final long c = NB.decodeInt64(bs, p + 16);
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ public class LongObjectId extends AnyLongObjectId implements Serializable {
 	 *            available within this long array.
 	 * @return the converted object id.
 	 */
-	public static final LongObjectId fromRaw(final long[] is) {
+	public static final LongObjectId fromRaw(long[] is) {
 		return fromRaw(is, 0);
 	}
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ public class LongObjectId extends AnyLongObjectId implements Serializable {
 	 *            position to read the first long of data from.
 	 * @return the converted object id.
 	 */
-	public static final LongObjectId fromRaw(final long[] is, final int p) {
+	public static final LongObjectId fromRaw(long[] is, int p) {
 		return new LongObjectId(is[p], is[p + 1], is[p + 2], is[p + 3]);
 	}
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ public class LongObjectId extends AnyLongObjectId implements Serializable {
 	 *            position to read the first character from.
 	 * @return the converted object id.
 	 */
-	public static final LongObjectId fromString(final byte[] buf, final int offset) {
+	public static final LongObjectId fromString(byte[] buf, int offset) {
 		return fromHexString(buf, offset);
 	}
 
@@ -242,14 +242,14 @@ public class LongObjectId extends AnyLongObjectId implements Serializable {
 	 *            the string to read from. Must be 64 characters long.
 	 * @return the converted object id.
 	 */
-	public static LongObjectId fromString(final String str) {
+	public static LongObjectId fromString(String str) {
 		if (str.length() != Constants.LONG_OBJECT_ID_STRING_LENGTH)
 			throw new InvalidLongObjectIdException(str);
 		return fromHexString(org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants.encodeASCII(str),
 				0);
 	}
 
-	private static final LongObjectId fromHexString(final byte[] bs, int p) {
+	private static final LongObjectId fromHexString(byte[] bs, int p) {
 		try {
 			final long a = RawParseUtils.parseHexInt64(bs, p);
 			final long b = RawParseUtils.parseHexInt64(bs, p + 16);
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ public class LongObjectId extends AnyLongObjectId implements Serializable {
 	 * @param src
 	 *            another already parsed LongObjectId to copy the value out of.
 	 */
-	protected LongObjectId(final AnyLongObjectId src) {
+	protected LongObjectId(AnyLongObjectId src) {
 		w1 = src.w1;
 		w2 = src.w2;
 		w3 = src.w3;

org.eclipse.jgit.lfs/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/lib/MutableLongObjectId.java

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public class MutableLongObjectId extends AnyLongObjectId {
 	 *            the raw byte buffer to read from. At least 32 bytes must be
 	 *            available within this byte array.
 	 */
-	public void fromRaw(final byte[] bs) {
+	public void fromRaw(byte[] bs) {
 		fromRaw(bs, 0);
 	}
 
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public class MutableLongObjectId extends AnyLongObjectId {
 	 * @param p
 	 *            position to read the first byte of data from.
 	 */
-	public void fromRaw(final byte[] bs, final int p) {
+	public void fromRaw(byte[] bs, int p) {
 		w1 = NB.decodeInt64(bs, p);
 		w2 = NB.decodeInt64(bs, p + 8);
 		w3 = NB.decodeInt64(bs, p + 16);
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public class MutableLongObjectId extends AnyLongObjectId {
 	 *            the raw long buffer to read from. At least 4 longs must be
 	 *            available within this longs array.
 	 */
-	public void fromRaw(final long[] longs) {
+	public void fromRaw(long[] longs) {
 		fromRaw(longs, 0);
 	}
 
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ public class MutableLongObjectId extends AnyLongObjectId {
 	 * @param p
 	 *            position to read the first integer of data from.
 	 */
-	public void fromRaw(final long[] longs, final int p) {
+	public void fromRaw(long[] longs, int p) {
 		w1 = longs[p];
 		w2 = longs[p + 1];
 		w3 = longs[p + 2];
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ public class MutableLongObjectId extends AnyLongObjectId {
 	 * @param offset
 	 *            position to read the first character from.
 	 */
-	public void fromString(final byte[] buf, final int offset) {
+	public void fromString(byte[] buf, int offset) {
 		fromHexString(buf, offset);
 	}
 
@@ -233,14 +233,14 @@ public class MutableLongObjectId extends AnyLongObjectId {
 	 * @param str
 	 *            the string to read from. Must be 64 characters long.
 	 */
-	public void fromString(final String str) {
+	public void fromString(String str) {
 		if (str.length() != Constants.LONG_OBJECT_ID_STRING_LENGTH)
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException(
 					MessageFormat.format(LfsText.get().invalidLongId, str));
 		fromHexString(org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants.encodeASCII(str), 0);
 	}
 
-	private void fromHexString(final byte[] bs, int p) {
+	private void fromHexString(byte[] bs, int p) {
 		try {
 			w1 = RawParseUtils.parseHexInt64(bs, p);
 			w2 = RawParseUtils.parseHexInt64(bs, p + 16);

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.test/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/CLIRepositoryTestCase.java

@@ -122,17 +122,17 @@ public class CLIRepositoryTestCase extends LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 		return JGitTestUtil.writeLink(db, link, target);
 	}
 
-	protected File writeTrashFile(final String name, final String data)
+	protected File writeTrashFile(String name, String data)
 			throws IOException {
 		return JGitTestUtil.writeTrashFile(db, name, data);
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected String read(final File file) throws IOException {
+	protected String read(File file) throws IOException {
 		return JGitTestUtil.read(file);
 	}
 
-	protected void deleteTrashFile(final String name) throws IOException {
+	protected void deleteTrashFile(String name) throws IOException {
 		JGitTestUtil.deleteTrashFile(db, name);
 	}
 

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/ArchiveTest.java

@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ public class ArchiveTest extends CLIRepositoryTestCase {
 		return l.toArray(new String[l.size()]);
 	}
 
-	private static Future<Object> writeAsync(final OutputStream stream, final byte[] data) {
+	private static Future<Object> writeAsync(OutputStream stream, byte[] data) {
 		ExecutorService executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
 
 		return executor.submit(new Callable<Object>() {

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/AbstractFetchCommand.java

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ abstract class AbstractFetchCommand extends TextBuiltin {
 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
 	 *             if any.
 	 */
-	protected void showFetchResult(final FetchResult r) throws IOException {
+	protected void showFetchResult(FetchResult r) throws IOException {
 		try (ObjectReader reader = db.newObjectReader()) {
 			boolean shownURI = false;
 			for (final TrackingRefUpdate u : r.getTrackingRefUpdates()) {
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ abstract class AbstractFetchCommand extends TextBuiltin {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private static char shortTypeOf(final RefUpdate.Result r) {
+	private static char shortTypeOf(RefUpdate.Result r) {
 		if (r == RefUpdate.Result.LOCK_FAILURE)
 			return '!';
 		if (r == RefUpdate.Result.IO_FAILURE)

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Branch.java

@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ class Branch extends TextBuiltin {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private void addRefs(final Collection<Ref> refs, final String prefix) {
+	private void addRefs(Collection<Ref> refs, String prefix) {
 		for (final Ref ref : RefComparator.sort(refs)) {
 			final String name = ref.getName();
 			if (name.startsWith(prefix))
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ class Branch extends TextBuiltin {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private void addRef(final String name, final Ref ref) {
+	private void addRef(String name, Ref ref) {
 		printRefs.put(name, ref);
 		maxNameLength = Math.max(maxNameLength, name.length());
 	}

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/CommandCatalog.java

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class CommandCatalog {
 	 *            was derived from the DashLowerCaseForm class name.
 	 * @return the command instance; null if no command exists by that name.
 	 */
-	public static CommandRef get(final String name) {
+	public static CommandRef get(String name) {
 		return INSTANCE.commands.get(name);
 	}
 
@@ -113,11 +113,11 @@ public class CommandCatalog {
 		return toSortedArray(common);
 	}
 
-	private static CommandRef[] toSortedArray(final Collection<CommandRef> c) {
+	private static CommandRef[] toSortedArray(Collection<CommandRef> c) {
 		final CommandRef[] r = c.toArray(new CommandRef[c.size()]);
 		Arrays.sort(r, new Comparator<CommandRef>() {
 			@Override
-			public int compare(final CommandRef o1, final CommandRef o2) {
+			public int compare(CommandRef o1, CommandRef o2) {
 				return o1.getName().compareTo(o2.getName());
 			}
 		});
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public class CommandCatalog {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private void scan(final URL cUrl) {
+	private void scan(URL cUrl) {
 		try (BufferedReader cIn = new BufferedReader(
 				new InputStreamReader(cUrl.openStream(), CHARSET))) {
 			String line;
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public class CommandCatalog {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private void load(final String cn) {
+	private void load(String cn) {
 		final Class<? extends TextBuiltin> clazz;
 		try {
 			clazz = Class.forName(cn, false, ldr).asSubclass(TextBuiltin.class);

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/CommandRef.java

@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ public class CommandRef {
 		common = cmd.common();
 	}
 
-	private CommandRef(final Class<? extends TextBuiltin> clazz, final String cn) {
+	private CommandRef(Class<? extends TextBuiltin> clazz, String cn) {
 		impl = clazz;
 		name = cn;
 		usage = ""; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	}
 
-	private static String guessName(final Class<? extends TextBuiltin> clazz) {
+	private static String guessName(Class<? extends TextBuiltin> clazz) {
 		final StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder();
 		if (clazz.getName().startsWith("org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.debug.")) //$NON-NLS-1$
 			s.append("debug-"); //$NON-NLS-1$

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Die.java

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class Die extends RuntimeException {
 	 * @param why
 	 *            the message to show to the end-user.
 	 */
-	public Die(final String why) {
+	public Die(String why) {
 		super(why);
 	}
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class Die extends RuntimeException {
 	 * @param cause
 	 *            why the command has failed.
 	 */
-	public Die(final String why, final Throwable cause) {
+	public Die(String why, Throwable cause) {
 		super(why, cause);
 	}
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class Die extends RuntimeException {
 	 *            can be null
 	 * @since 4.2
 	 */
-	public Die(boolean aborted, final Throwable cause) {
+	public Die(boolean aborted, Throwable cause) {
 		super(cause != null ? cause.getMessage() : null, cause);
 		this.aborted = aborted;
 	}

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Diff.java

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class Diff extends TextBuiltin {
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	protected void init(final Repository repository, final String gitDir) {
+	protected void init(Repository repository, String gitDir) {
 		super.init(repository, gitDir);
 		diffFmt = new DiffFormatter(new BufferedOutputStream(outs));
 	}

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Glog.java

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class Glog extends RevWalkTextBuiltin {
 		frame = new JFrame();
 		frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
 			@Override
-			public void windowClosing(final WindowEvent e) {
+			public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
 				frame.dispose();
 			}
 		});
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class Glog extends RevWalkTextBuiltin {
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	protected void show(final RevCommit c) throws Exception {
+	protected void show(RevCommit c) throws Exception {
 		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
 	}
 

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Log.java

@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class Log extends RevWalkTextBuiltin {
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	protected void init(final Repository repository, final String gitDir) {
+	protected void init(Repository repository, String gitDir) {
 		super.init(repository, gitDir);
 		diffFmt = new DiffFormatter(new BufferedOutputStream(outs));
 	}
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class Log extends RevWalkTextBuiltin {
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	protected void show(final RevCommit c) throws Exception {
+	protected void show(RevCommit c) throws Exception {
 		outw.print(CLIText.get().commitLabel);
 		outw.print(" "); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		c.getId().copyTo(outbuffer, outw);

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/LsRemote.java

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class LsRemote extends TextBuiltin {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	private void show(final AnyObjectId id, final String name)
+	private void show(AnyObjectId id, String name)
 			throws IOException {
 		outw.print(id.name());
 		outw.print('\t');

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Main.java

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public class Main {
 	 *            arguments.
 	 * @throws java.lang.Exception
 	 */
-	public static void main(final String[] argv) throws Exception {
+	public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
 		// make sure built-in filters are registered
 		BuiltinLFS.register();
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public class Main {
 	 *            arguments.
 	 * @throws java.lang.Exception
 	 */
-	protected void run(final String[] argv) throws Exception {
+	protected void run(String[] argv) throws Exception {
 		writer = createErrorWriter();
 		try {
 			if (!installConsole()) {
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ public class Main {
 		return new PrintWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(System.err, CHARSET));
 	}
 
-	private void execute(final String[] argv) throws Exception {
+	private void execute(String[] argv) throws Exception {
 		final CmdLineParser clp = new SubcommandLineParser(this);
 
 		try {
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ public class Main {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private static void install(final String name)
+	private static void install(String name)
 			throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
 			NoSuchMethodException, ClassNotFoundException {
 		try {

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Remote.java

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class Remote extends TextBuiltin {
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	public void printUsage(final String message, final CmdLineParser clp)
+	public void printUsage(String message, CmdLineParser clp)
 			throws IOException {
 		errw.println(message);
 		errw.println("jgit remote [--verbose (-v)] [--help (-h)]"); //$NON-NLS-1$

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/RevList.java

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevTree;
 class RevList extends RevWalkTextBuiltin {
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	protected void show(final RevCommit c) throws Exception {
+	protected void show(RevCommit c) throws Exception {
 		if (c.has(RevFlag.UNINTERESTING))
 			outw.print('-');
 		c.getId().copyTo(outbuffer, outw);
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class RevList extends RevWalkTextBuiltin {
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	protected void show(final ObjectWalk ow, final RevObject obj)
+	protected void show(ObjectWalk ow, RevObject obj)
 			throws Exception {
 		if (obj.has(RevFlag.UNINTERESTING))
 			outw.print('-');

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/RevWalkTextBuiltin.java

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ abstract class RevWalkTextBuiltin extends TextBuiltin {
 
 	private final EnumSet<RevSort> sorting = EnumSet.noneOf(RevSort.class);
 
-	private void enableRevSort(final RevSort type, final boolean on) {
+	private void enableRevSort(RevSort type, boolean on) {
 		if (on)
 			sorting.add(type);
 		else
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ abstract class RevWalkTextBuiltin extends TextBuiltin {
 	 *            The current {@link org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevCommit}
 	 * @throws java.lang.Exception
 	 */
-	protected abstract void show(final RevCommit c) throws Exception;
+	protected abstract void show(RevCommit c) throws Exception;
 
 	/**
 	 * "Show" the current RevCommit when called from the main processing loop.

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Show.java

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class Show extends TextBuiltin {
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	protected void init(final Repository repository, final String gitDir) {
+	protected void init(Repository repository, String gitDir) {
 		super.init(repository, gitDir);
 		diffFmt = new DiffFormatter(new BufferedOutputStream(outs));
 	}
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class Show extends TextBuiltin {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private void show(RevWalk rw, final RevCommit c) throws Exception {
+	private void show(RevWalk rw, RevCommit c) throws Exception {
 		char[] outbuffer = new char[Constants.OBJECT_ID_LENGTH * 2];
 
 		outw.print(CLIText.get().commitLabel);

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/ShowRef.java

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class ShowRef extends TextBuiltin {
 		return RefComparator.sort(all);
 	}
 
-	private void show(final AnyObjectId id, final String name)
+	private void show(AnyObjectId id, String name)
 			throws IOException {
 		outw.print(id.name());
 		outw.print('\t');

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/TextBuiltin.java

@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public abstract class TextBuiltin {
 	 *            value of the {@code --git-dir} command line option, if
 	 *            {@code repository} is null.
 	 */
-	protected void init(final Repository repository, final String gitDir) {
+	protected void init(Repository repository, String gitDir) {
 		try {
 			final String outputEncoding = repository != null ? repository
 					.getConfig().getString("i18n", null, "logOutputEncoding") : null; //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ public abstract class TextBuiltin {
 	 *            the arguments supplied on the command line, if any.
 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
 	 */
-	protected void parseArguments(final String[] args) throws IOException {
+	protected void parseArguments(String[] args) throws IOException {
 		final CmdLineParser clp = new CmdLineParser(this);
 		help = containsHelp(args);
 		try {
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ public abstract class TextBuiltin {
 	 *            a {@link org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.opt.CmdLineParser} object.
 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
 	 */
-	public void printUsageAndExit(final CmdLineParser clp) throws IOException {
+	public void printUsageAndExit(CmdLineParser clp) throws IOException {
 		printUsageAndExit("", clp); //$NON-NLS-1$
 	}
 
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ public abstract class TextBuiltin {
 	 *            a {@link org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.opt.CmdLineParser} object.
 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
 	 */
-	public void printUsageAndExit(final String message, final CmdLineParser clp) throws IOException {
+	public void printUsageAndExit(String message, CmdLineParser clp) throws IOException {
 		printUsage(message, clp);
 		throw die(true);
 	}
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ public abstract class TextBuiltin {
 	 * @throws java.io.IOException
 	 * @since 4.2
 	 */
-	protected void printUsage(final String message, final CmdLineParser clp)
+	protected void printUsage(String message, CmdLineParser clp)
 			throws IOException {
 		errw.println(message);
 		errw.print("jgit "); //$NON-NLS-1$
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ public abstract class TextBuiltin {
 	 *            textual explanation
 	 * @return a runtime exception the caller is expected to throw
 	 */
-	protected static Die die(final String why) {
+	protected static Die die(String why) {
 		return new Die(why);
 	}
 
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ public abstract class TextBuiltin {
 	 *            why the command has failed.
 	 * @return a runtime exception the caller is expected to throw
 	 */
-	protected static Die die(final String why, final Throwable cause) {
+	protected static Die die(String why, Throwable cause) {
 		return new Die(why, cause);
 	}
 
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ public abstract class TextBuiltin {
 	 * @return a runtime exception the caller is expected to throw
 	 * @since 4.2
 	 */
-	protected static Die die(boolean aborted, final Throwable cause) {
+	protected static Die die(boolean aborted, Throwable cause) {
 		return new Die(aborted, cause);
 	}
 

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/debug/MakeCacheTree.java

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class MakeCacheTree extends TextBuiltin {
 		show(tree);
 	}
 
-	private void show(final DirCacheTree tree) throws IOException {
+	private void show(DirCacheTree tree) throws IOException {
 		outw.println(MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().cacheTreePathInfo,
 				tree.getPathString(), valueOf(tree.getEntrySpan()),
 				valueOf(tree.getChildCount())));

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/debug/RebuildCommitGraph.java

@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ class RebuildCommitGraph extends TextBuiltin {
 		final Map<String, Ref> refs = computeNewRefs();
 		new RefWriter(refs.values()) {
 			@Override
-			protected void writeFile(final String name, final byte[] content)
+			protected void writeFile(String name, byte[] content)
 					throws IOException {
 				final File file = new File(db.getDirectory(), name);
 				final LockFile lck = new LockFile(file);

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/debug/ShowCacheTree.java

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class ShowCacheTree extends TextBuiltin {
 		show(tree);
 	}
 
-	private void show(final DirCacheTree tree) throws IOException {
+	private void show(DirCacheTree tree) throws IOException {
 		outw.println(MessageFormat.format(CLIText.get().cacheTreePathInfo,
 				tree.getPathString(), valueOf(tree.getEntrySpan()),
 				valueOf(tree.getChildCount())));

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/debug/TextHashFunctions.java

@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ class TextHashFunctions extends TextBuiltin {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private static int tableBits(final int sz) {
+	private static int tableBits(int sz) {
 		int bits = 31 - Integer.numberOfLeadingZeros(sz);
 		if (bits == 0)
 			bits = 1;

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/AbstractTreeIteratorHandler.java

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public class AbstractTreeIteratorHandler extends
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	public int parseArguments(final Parameters params) throws CmdLineException {
+	public int parseArguments(Parameters params) throws CmdLineException {
 		final String name = params.getParameter(0);
 
 		if (new File(name).isDirectory()) {

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/CmdLineParser.java

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class CmdLineParser extends org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineParser {
 	 *             if the option bean class is using args4j annotations
 	 *             incorrectly.
 	 */
-	public CmdLineParser(final Object bean) {
+	public CmdLineParser(Object bean) {
 		this(bean, null);
 	}
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class CmdLineParser extends org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineParser {
 	 *             if the option bean class is using args4j annotations
 	 *             incorrectly.
 	 */
-	public CmdLineParser(final Object bean, Repository repo) {
+	public CmdLineParser(Object bean, Repository repo) {
 		super(bean);
 		if (bean instanceof TextBuiltin) {
 			cmd = (TextBuiltin) bean;
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public class CmdLineParser extends org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineParser {
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	public void parseArgument(final String... args) throws CmdLineException {
+	public void parseArgument(String... args) throws CmdLineException {
 		final ArrayList<String> tmp = new ArrayList<>(args.length);
 		for (int argi = 0; argi < args.length; argi++) {
 			final String str = args[argi];
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ public class CmdLineParser extends org.kohsuke.args4j.CmdLineParser {
 	 * @return true if the given array contains help option
 	 * @since 4.2
 	 */
-	protected boolean containsHelp(final String... args) {
+	protected boolean containsHelp(String... args) {
 		return TextBuiltin.containsHelp(args);
 	}
 

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/ObjectIdHandler.java

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class ObjectIdHandler extends OptionHandler<ObjectId> {
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	public int parseArguments(final Parameters params) throws CmdLineException {
+	public int parseArguments(Parameters params) throws CmdLineException {
 		final String name = params.getParameter(0);
 		final ObjectId id;
 		try {

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/PathTreeFilterHandler.java

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class PathTreeFilterHandler extends OptionHandler<TreeFilter> {
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	public int parseArguments(final Parameters params) throws CmdLineException {
+	public int parseArguments(Parameters params) throws CmdLineException {
 		final List<PathFilter> filters = new ArrayList<>();
 		for (int idx = 0;; idx++) {
 			final String path;

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/RefSpecHandler.java

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class RefSpecHandler extends OptionHandler<RefSpec> {
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	public int parseArguments(final Parameters params) throws CmdLineException {
+	public int parseArguments(Parameters params) throws CmdLineException {
 		setter.addValue(new RefSpec(params.getParameter(0)));
 		return 1;
 	}

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/RevCommitHandler.java

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class RevCommitHandler extends OptionHandler<RevCommit> {
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	public int parseArguments(final Parameters params) throws CmdLineException {
+	public int parseArguments(Parameters params) throws CmdLineException {
 		String name = params.getParameter(0);
 
 		boolean interesting = true;
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public class RevCommitHandler extends OptionHandler<RevCommit> {
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	private void addOne(final String name, final boolean interesting)
+	private void addOne(String name, boolean interesting)
 			throws CmdLineException {
 		final ObjectId id;
 		try {

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/RevTreeHandler.java

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class RevTreeHandler extends OptionHandler<RevTree> {
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	public int parseArguments(final Parameters params) throws CmdLineException {
+	public int parseArguments(Parameters params) throws CmdLineException {
 		final String name = params.getParameter(0);
 		final ObjectId id;
 		try {

org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/opt/SubcommandHandler.java

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class SubcommandHandler extends OptionHandler<TextBuiltin> {
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
-	public int parseArguments(final Parameters params) throws CmdLineException {
+	public int parseArguments(Parameters params) throws CmdLineException {
 		final String name = params.getParameter(0);
 		final CommandRef cr = CommandCatalog.get(name);
 		if (cr == null)

org.eclipse.jgit.test/exttst/org/eclipse/jgit/patch/EGitPatchHistoryTest.java

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public class EGitPatchHistoryTest {
 			assertTrue("Missed files in " + cid, files.isEmpty());
 		}
 
-		private static void dump(final byte[] buf) {
+		private static void dump(byte[] buf) {
 			String str;
 			try {
 				str = new String(buf, 0, buf.length - 1, "ISO-8859-1");

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/ApplyCommandTest.java

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class ApplyCommandTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 
 	private RawText b;
 
-	private ApplyResult init(final String name) throws Exception {
+	private ApplyResult init(String name) throws Exception {
 		return init(name, true, true);
 	}
 
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ public class ApplyCommandTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		assertFalse(new File(db.getWorkTree(), "NonASCIIDel").exists());
 	}
 
-	private static byte[] readFile(final String patchFile) throws IOException {
+	private static byte[] readFile(String patchFile) throws IOException {
 		final InputStream in = getTestResource(patchFile);
 		if (in == null) {
 			fail("No " + patchFile + " test vector");
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ public class ApplyCommandTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private static InputStream getTestResource(final String patchFile) {
+	private static InputStream getTestResource(String patchFile) {
 		return ApplyCommandTest.class.getClassLoader()
 				.getResourceAsStream("org/eclipse/jgit/diff/" + patchFile);
 	}

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/BlameCommandTest.java

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public class BlameCommandTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		testRename("subdir/file1.txt", "otherdir/file1.txt");
 	}
 
-	private void testRename(final String sourcePath, final String destPath)
+	private void testRename(String sourcePath, String destPath)
 			throws Exception {
 		try (Git git = new Git(db)) {
 			String[] content1 = new String[] { "a", "b", "c" };

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CherryPickCommandTest.java

@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ public class CherryPickCommandTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private RevCommit prepareCherryPick(final Git git) throws Exception {
+	private RevCommit prepareCherryPick(Git git) throws Exception {
 		// create, add and commit file a
 		writeTrashFile("a", "a");
 		git.add().addFilepattern("a").call();

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/MergeCommandTest.java

@@ -1699,7 +1699,7 @@ public class MergeCommandTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 				.getWorkTree(), path));
 	}
 
-	private static RevCommit addAllAndCommit(final Git git) throws Exception {
+	private static RevCommit addAllAndCommit(Git git) throws Exception {
 		git.add().addFilepattern(".").call();
 		return git.commit().setMessage("message").call();
 	}

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/PushCommandTest.java

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public class PushCommandTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private File writeHookFile(final String name, final String data)
+	private File writeHookFile(String name, String data)
 			throws IOException {
 		File path = new File(db.getWorkTree() + "/.git/hooks/", name);
 		JGitTestUtil.write(path, data);

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/RevertCommandTest.java

@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ public class RevertCommandTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private RevCommit prepareRevert(final Git git) throws Exception {
+	private RevCommit prepareRevert(Git git) throws Exception {
 		// create, add and commit file a
 		writeTrashFile("a", "a");
 		git.add().addFilepattern("a").call();

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/StashCreateCommandTest.java

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class StashCreateCommandTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		untrackedFile = writeTrashFile("untracked.txt", "content");
 	}
 
-	private void validateStashedCommit(final RevCommit commit)
+	private void validateStashedCommit(RevCommit commit)
 			throws IOException {
 		validateStashedCommit(commit, 2);
 	}
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public class StashCreateCommandTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		return walk;
 	}
 
-	private List<DiffEntry> diffWorkingAgainstHead(final RevCommit commit)
+	private List<DiffEntry> diffWorkingAgainstHead(RevCommit commit)
 			throws IOException {
 		try (TreeWalk walk = createTreeWalk()) {
 			walk.addTree(commit.getParent(0).getTree());
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public class StashCreateCommandTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private List<DiffEntry> diffIndexAgainstHead(final RevCommit commit)
+	private List<DiffEntry> diffIndexAgainstHead(RevCommit commit)
 			throws IOException {
 		try (TreeWalk walk = createTreeWalk()) {
 			walk.addTree(commit.getParent(0).getTree());
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public class StashCreateCommandTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private List<DiffEntry> diffIndexAgainstWorking(final RevCommit commit)
+	private List<DiffEntry> diffIndexAgainstWorking(RevCommit commit)
 			throws IOException {
 		try (TreeWalk walk = createTreeWalk()) {
 			walk.addTree(commit.getParent(1).getTree());

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/DiffFormatterReflowTest.java

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public class DiffFormatterReflowTest {
 		assertFormatted("Z.patch");
 	}
 
-	private void init(final String name) throws IOException {
+	private void init(String name) throws IOException {
 		a = new RawText(readFile(name + "_PreImage"));
 		b = new RawText(readFile(name + "_PostImage"));
 		file = parseTestPatchFile(name + ".patch").getFiles().get(0);
@@ -156,13 +156,13 @@ public class DiffFormatterReflowTest {
 		assertFormatted(JGitTestUtil.getName() + ".out");
 	}
 
-	private void assertFormatted(final String name) throws IOException {
+	private void assertFormatted(String name) throws IOException {
 		fmt.format(file, a, b);
 		final String exp = RawParseUtils.decode(readFile(name));
 		assertEquals(exp, RawParseUtils.decode(out.toByteArray()));
 	}
 
-	private byte[] readFile(final String patchFile) throws IOException {
+	private byte[] readFile(String patchFile) throws IOException {
 		final InputStream in = getClass().getResourceAsStream(patchFile);
 		if (in == null) {
 			fail("No " + patchFile + " test vector");
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public class DiffFormatterReflowTest {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private Patch parseTestPatchFile(final String patchFile) throws IOException {
+	private Patch parseTestPatchFile(String patchFile) throws IOException {
 		try (InputStream in = getClass().getResourceAsStream(patchFile)) {
 			if (in == null) {
 				fail("No " + patchFile + " test vector");

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheCGitCompatabilityTest.java

@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ public class DirCacheCGitCompatabilityTest extends LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 		assertEquals(intentToAdd, entry.isIntentToAdd());
 	}
 
-	private static File pathOf(final String name) {
+	private static File pathOf(String name) {
 		return JGitTestUtil.getTestResourceFile(name);
 	}
 

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheEntryTest.java

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public class DirCacheEntryTest {
 		copyMetaDataHelper(true);
 	}
 
-	private static void copyMetaDataHelper(final boolean keepStage) {
+	private static void copyMetaDataHelper(boolean keepStage) {
 		DirCacheEntry e = new DirCacheEntry("some/path", DirCacheEntry.STAGE_2);
 		e.setAssumeValid(false);
 		e.setCreationTime(2L);

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheLargePathTest.java

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class DirCacheLargePathTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		testLongPath(16384);
 	}
 
-	private void testLongPath(final int len) throws CorruptObjectException,
+	private void testLongPath(int len) throws CorruptObjectException,
 			IOException {
 		final String longPath = makeLongPath(len);
 		final String shortPath = "~~~ shorter-path";
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class DirCacheLargePathTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private static String makeLongPath(final int len) {
+	private static String makeLongPath(int len) {
 		final StringBuilder r = new StringBuilder(len);
 		for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
 			r.append('a' + (i % 26));

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ConcurrentRepackTest.java

@@ -210,14 +210,14 @@ public class ConcurrentRepackTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		config.install();
 	}
 
-	private RevObject parse(final AnyObjectId id)
+	private RevObject parse(AnyObjectId id)
 			throws MissingObjectException, IOException {
 		try (RevWalk rw = new RevWalk(db)) {
 			return rw.parseAny(id);
 		}
 	}
 
-	private File[] pack(final Repository src, final RevObject... list)
+	private File[] pack(Repository src, RevObject... list)
 			throws IOException {
 		try (PackWriter pw = new PackWriter(src)) {
 			for (final RevObject o : list) {
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ public class ConcurrentRepackTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private static void write(final File[] files, final PackWriter pw)
+	private static void write(File[] files, PackWriter pw)
 			throws IOException {
 		final long begin = files[0].getParentFile().lastModified();
 		NullProgressMonitor m = NullProgressMonitor.INSTANCE;
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ public class ConcurrentRepackTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		touch(begin, files[0].getParentFile());
 	}
 
-	private static void delete(final File[] list) throws IOException {
+	private static void delete(File[] list) throws IOException {
 		final long begin = list[0].getParentFile().lastModified();
 		for (final File f : list) {
 			FileUtils.delete(f);
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public class ConcurrentRepackTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		touch(begin, list[0].getParentFile());
 	}
 
-	private static void touch(final long begin, final File dir) {
+	private static void touch(long begin, File dir) {
 		while (begin >= dir.lastModified()) {
 			try {
 				Thread.sleep(25);
@@ -271,12 +271,12 @@ public class ConcurrentRepackTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private File fullPackFileName(final ObjectId name, final String suffix) {
+	private File fullPackFileName(ObjectId name, String suffix) {
 		final File packdir = db.getObjectDatabase().getPackDirectory();
 		return new File(packdir, "pack-" + name.name() + suffix);
 	}
 
-	private RevObject writeBlob(final Repository repo, final String data)
+	private RevObject writeBlob(Repository repo, String data)
 			throws IOException {
 		final byte[] bytes = Constants.encode(data);
 		final ObjectId id;

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/PackFileTest.java

@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ public class PackFileTest extends LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 		pack.write(buf, 0, n);
 	}
 
-	private static void deflate(TemporaryBuffer.Heap pack, final byte[] content)
+	private static void deflate(TemporaryBuffer.Heap pack, byte[] content)
 			throws IOException {
 		final Deflater deflater = new Deflater();
 		final byte[] buf = new byte[128];

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/PackWriterTest.java

@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ public class PackWriterTest extends SampleDataRepositoryTestCase {
 		verifyOpenPack(thin);
 	}
 
-	private void createVerifyOpenPack(final List<RevObject> objectSource)
+	private void createVerifyOpenPack(List<RevObject> objectSource)
 			throws MissingObjectException, IOException {
 		NullProgressMonitor m = NullProgressMonitor.INSTANCE;
 		writer = new PackWriter(config, db.newObjectReader());
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ public class PackWriterTest extends SampleDataRepositoryTestCase {
 		verifyOpenPack(false);
 	}
 
-	private void verifyOpenPack(final boolean thin) throws IOException {
+	private void verifyOpenPack(boolean thin) throws IOException {
 		final byte[] packData = os.toByteArray();
 
 		if (thin) {
@@ -868,13 +868,13 @@ public class PackWriterTest extends SampleDataRepositoryTestCase {
 		assertNotNull("have PackFile after parsing", pack);
 	}
 
-	private PackParser index(final byte[] packData) throws IOException {
+	private PackParser index(byte[] packData) throws IOException {
 		if (inserter == null)
 			inserter = dst.newObjectInserter();
 		return inserter.newPackParser(new ByteArrayInputStream(packData));
 	}
 
-	private void verifyObjectsOrder(final ObjectId objectsOrder[]) {
+	private void verifyObjectsOrder(ObjectId objectsOrder[]) {
 		final List<PackIndex.MutableEntry> entries = new ArrayList<>();
 
 		for (MutableEntry me : pack) {

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/RefUpdateTest.java

@@ -93,13 +93,13 @@ public class RefUpdateTest extends SampleDataRepositoryTestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private RefUpdate updateRef(final String name) throws IOException {
+	private RefUpdate updateRef(String name) throws IOException {
 		final RefUpdate ref = db.updateRef(name);
 		ref.setNewObjectId(db.resolve(Constants.HEAD));
 		return ref;
 	}
 
-	private void delete(final RefUpdate ref, final Result expected)
+	private void delete(RefUpdate ref, Result expected)
 			throws IOException {
 		delete(ref, expected, true, true);
 	}

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/T0003_BasicTest.java

@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ public class T0003_BasicTest extends SampleDataRepositoryTestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private ObjectId insertCommit(final CommitBuilder builder)
+	private ObjectId insertCommit(CommitBuilder builder)
 			throws IOException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
 		try (ObjectInserter oi = db.newObjectInserter()) {
 			ObjectId id = oi.insert(builder);
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ public class T0003_BasicTest extends SampleDataRepositoryTestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private ObjectId insertTag(final TagBuilder tag) throws IOException,
+	private ObjectId insertTag(TagBuilder tag) throws IOException,
 			UnsupportedEncodingException {
 		try (ObjectInserter oi = db.newObjectInserter()) {
 			ObjectId id = oi.insert(tag);

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/WindowCacheGetTest.java

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public class WindowCacheGetTest extends SampleDataRepositoryTestCase {
 		checkLimits(cfg);
 	}
 
-	private static void checkLimits(final WindowCacheConfig cfg) {
+	private static void checkLimits(WindowCacheConfig cfg) {
 		final WindowCache cache = WindowCache.getInstance();
 		assertTrue(cache.getOpenFiles() <= cfg.getPackedGitOpenFiles());
 		assertTrue(cache.getOpenBytes() <= cfg.getPackedGitLimit());

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/reftree/RefTreeDatabaseTest.java

@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ public class RefTreeDatabaseTest {
 				name);
 	}
 
-	private void symref(final String name, final String dst)
+	private void symref(String name, String dst)
 			throws IOException {
 		commit(new Function() {
 			@Override
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ public class RefTreeDatabaseTest {
 		});
 	}
 
-	private void update(final String name, final ObjectId id)
+	private void update(String name, ObjectId id)
 			throws IOException {
 		commit(new Function() {
 			@Override

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/BranchConfigTest.java

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public class BranchConfigTest {
 		assertTrue(new BranchConfig(c, "true").isRebase());
 	}
 
-	private static Config parse(final String content) {
+	private static Config parse(String content) {
 		final Config c = new Config(null);
 		try {
 			c.fromText(content);

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ConfigTest.java

@@ -914,12 +914,12 @@ public class ConfigTest {
 		assertEquals(exp, c.getLong("s", null, "a", 0L));
 	}
 
-	private static Config parse(final String content)
+	private static Config parse(String content)
 			throws ConfigInvalidException {
 		return parse(content, null);
 	}
 
-	private static Config parse(final String content, Config baseConfig)
+	private static Config parse(String content, Config baseConfig)
 			throws ConfigInvalidException {
 		final Config c = new Config(baseConfig);
 		c.fromText(content);

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectCheckerTest.java

@@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@ public class ObjectCheckerTest {
 		checker.checkTree(encodeASCII(b.toString()));
 	}
 
-	private static void entry(StringBuilder b, final String modeName) {
+	private static void entry(StringBuilder b, String modeName) {
 		b.append(modeName);
 		b.append('\0');
 		for (int i = 0; i < OBJECT_ID_LENGTH; i++)
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ public class ObjectCheckerTest {
 		checker.setSkipList(null);
 	}
 
-	private static ObjectIdSet set(final ObjectId... ids) {
+	private static ObjectIdSet set(ObjectId... ids) {
 		return new ObjectIdSet() {
 			@Override
 			public boolean contains(AnyObjectId objectId) {

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ValidRefNameTest.java

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.util.SystemReader;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class ValidRefNameTest {
-	private static void assertValid(final boolean exp, final String name) {
+	private static void assertValid(boolean exp, String name) {
 		SystemReader instance = SystemReader.getInstance();
 		try {
 			setUnixSystemReader();
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class ValidRefNameTest {
 		});
 	}
 
-	private static void assertInvalidOnWindows(final String name) {
+	private static void assertInvalidOnWindows(String name) {
 		SystemReader instance = SystemReader.getInstance();
 		try {
 			setUnixSystemReader();

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/CherryPickTest.java

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public class CherryPickTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		assertFalse(tw.next());
 	}
 
-	private static void assertCorrectId(final DirCache treeT, final TreeWalk tw) {
+	private static void assertCorrectId(DirCache treeT, TreeWalk tw) {
 		assertEquals(treeT.getEntry(tw.getPathString()).getObjectId(), tw
 				.getObjectId(0));
 	}

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/CrissCrossMergeTest.java

@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ public class CrissCrossMergeTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private void setIndex(final ObjectId id, String path)
+	private void setIndex(ObjectId id, String path)
 			throws MissingObjectException, IOException {
 		DirCache lockedDircache;
 		DirCacheEditor dcedit;

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/SimpleMergeTest.java

@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ public class SimpleMergeTest extends SampleDataRepositoryTestCase {
 		assertFalse(merge);
 	}
 
-	private static void assertCorrectId(final DirCache treeT, final TreeWalk tw) {
+	private static void assertCorrectId(DirCache treeT, TreeWalk tw) {
 		assertEquals(treeT.getEntry(tw.getPathString()).getObjectId(), tw
 				.getObjectId(0));
 	}

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/patch/EditListTest.java

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class EditListTest {
 		assertEquals(new Edit(23 - 1, 25 - 1, 22 - 1, 28 - 1), e.get(2));
 	}
 
-	private Patch parseTestPatchFile(final String patchFile) throws IOException {
+	private Patch parseTestPatchFile(String patchFile) throws IOException {
 		try (InputStream in = getClass().getResourceAsStream(patchFile)) {
 			if (in == null) {
 				fail("No " + patchFile + " test vector");

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/patch/FileHeaderTest.java

@@ -433,30 +433,30 @@ public class FileHeaderTest {
 		assertTrue(ObjectId.fromString(nid).startsWith(fh.getNewId()));
 	}
 
-	private static void assertParse(final FileHeader fh) {
+	private static void assertParse(FileHeader fh) {
 		int ptr = fh.parseGitFileName(0, fh.buf.length);
 		assertTrue(ptr > 0);
 		ptr = fh.parseGitHeaders(ptr, fh.buf.length);
 		assertTrue(ptr > 0);
 	}
 
-	private static FileHeader data(final String in) {
+	private static FileHeader data(String in) {
 		return new FileHeader(Constants.encodeASCII(in), 0);
 	}
 
-	private static FileHeader header(final String path) {
+	private static FileHeader header(String path) {
 		return data(gitLine(path) + "--- " + path + "\n");
 	}
 
-	private static String gitLine(final String path) {
+	private static String gitLine(String path) {
 		return "a/" + path + " b/" + path + "\n";
 	}
 
-	private static FileHeader dqHeader(final String path) {
+	private static FileHeader dqHeader(String path) {
 		return data(dqGitLine(path) + "--- " + path + "\n");
 	}
 
-	private static String dqGitLine(final String path) {
+	private static String dqGitLine(String path) {
 		return "\"a/" + path + "\" \"b/" + path + "\"\n";
 	}
 }

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/patch/GetTextTest.java

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public class GetTextTest {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private String readTestPatchFile(final Charset cs) throws IOException {
+	private String readTestPatchFile(Charset cs) throws IOException {
 		final String patchFile = JGitTestUtil.getName() + ".patch";
 		try (InputStream in = getClass().getResourceAsStream(patchFile)) {
 			if (in == null) {

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/FooterLineTest.java

@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ public class FooterLineTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		assertFalse("not CC", line.matches(FooterKey.CC));
 	}
 
-	private RevCommit parse(final String msg) throws IOException {
+	private RevCommit parse(String msg) throws IOException {
 		final StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
 		buf.append("tree " + ObjectId.zeroId().name() + "\n");
 		buf.append("author A. U. Thor <a@example.com> 1 +0000\n");

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevCommitParseTest.java

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public class RevCommitParseTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		assertEquals(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT" + committerTimeZone), cCommitter.getTimeZone());
 	}
 
-	private RevCommit create(final String msg) throws Exception {
+	private RevCommit create(String msg) throws Exception {
 		final StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
 		b.append("tree 9788669ad918b6fcce64af8882fc9a81cb6aba67\n");
 		b.append("author A U. Thor <a_u_thor@example.com> 1218123387 +0700\n");
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ public class RevCommitParseTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		assertEquals(shortMsg, c.getShortMessage());
 	}
 
-	private static ObjectId id(final String str) {
+	private static ObjectId id(String str) {
 		return ObjectId.fromString(str);
 	}
 }

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevTagParseTest.java

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class RevTagParseTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		testOneType(Constants.OBJ_TAG);
 	}
 
-	private void testOneType(final int typeCode) throws Exception {
+	private void testOneType(int typeCode) throws Exception {
 		final ObjectId id = id("9788669ad918b6fcce64af8882fc9a81cb6aba67");
 		final StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
 		b.append("object " + id.name() + "\n");
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public class RevTagParseTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		assertNull(c.getTaggerIdent());
 	}
 
-	private RevTag create(final String msg) throws Exception {
+	private RevTag create(String msg) throws Exception {
 		final StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
 		b.append("object 9788669ad918b6fcce64af8882fc9a81cb6aba67\n");
 		b.append("type tree\n");
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ public class RevTagParseTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		assertEquals(src.getMessage(), p.getFullMessage());
 	}
 
-	private static ObjectId id(final String str) {
+	private static ObjectId id(String str) {
 		return ObjectId.fromString(str);
 	}
 }

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalkFollowFilterTest.java

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class RevWalkFollowFilterTest extends RevWalkTestCase {
 		diffCollector = new DiffCollector();
 	}
 
-	protected FollowFilter follow(final String followPath) {
+	protected FollowFilter follow(String followPath) {
 		FollowFilter followFilter =
 			FollowFilter.create(followPath, new Config().get(DiffConfig.KEY));
 		followFilter.setRenameCallback(diffCollector);

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalkPathFilter1Test.java

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.treewalk.filter.TreeFilter;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class RevWalkPathFilter1Test extends RevWalkTestCase {
-	protected void filter(final String path) {
+	protected void filter(String path) {
 		rw.setTreeFilter(AndTreeFilter.create(PathFilterGroup
 				.createFromStrings(Collections.singleton(path)),
 				TreeFilter.ANY_DIFF));

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalkPathFilter6012Test.java

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public class RevWalkPathFilter6012Test extends RevWalkTestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
-	protected void check(final RevCommit... order) throws Exception {
+	protected void check(RevCommit... order) throws Exception {
 		markStart(i);
 		final StringBuilder act = new StringBuilder();
 		for (final RevCommit z : rw) {
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class RevWalkPathFilter6012Test extends RevWalkTestCase {
 		assertEquals(exp.toString(), act.toString());
 	}
 
-	protected void filter(final String path) {
+	protected void filter(String path) {
 		rw.setTreeFilter(AndTreeFilter.create(PathFilterGroup
 				.createFromStrings(Collections.singleton(path)),
 				TreeFilter.ANY_DIFF));

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalkTestCase.java

@@ -74,38 +74,38 @@ public abstract class RevWalkTestCase extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		return util.getDate();
 	}
 
-	protected void tick(final int secDelta) {
+	protected void tick(int secDelta) {
 		util.tick(secDelta);
 	}
 
-	protected RevBlob blob(final String content) throws Exception {
+	protected RevBlob blob(String content) throws Exception {
 		return util.blob(content);
 	}
 
-	protected DirCacheEntry file(final String path, final RevBlob blob)
+	protected DirCacheEntry file(String path, RevBlob blob)
 			throws Exception {
 		return util.file(path, blob);
 	}
 
-	protected RevTree tree(final DirCacheEntry... entries) throws Exception {
+	protected RevTree tree(DirCacheEntry... entries) throws Exception {
 		return util.tree(entries);
 	}
 
-	protected RevObject get(final RevTree tree, final String path)
+	protected RevObject get(RevTree tree, String path)
 			throws Exception {
 		return util.get(tree, path);
 	}
 
-	protected RevCommit commit(final RevCommit... parents) throws Exception {
+	protected RevCommit commit(RevCommit... parents) throws Exception {
 		return util.commit(parents);
 	}
 
-	protected RevCommit commit(final RevTree tree, final RevCommit... parents)
+	protected RevCommit commit(RevTree tree, RevCommit... parents)
 			throws Exception {
 		return util.commit(tree, parents);
 	}
 
-	protected RevCommit commit(final int secDelta, final RevCommit... parents)
+	protected RevCommit commit(int secDelta, RevCommit... parents)
 			throws Exception {
 		return util.commit(secDelta, parents);
 	}
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public abstract class RevWalkTestCase extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		return util.commit(secDelta, tree, parents);
 	}
 
-	protected RevTag tag(final String name, final RevObject dst)
+	protected RevTag tag(String name, RevObject dst)
 			throws Exception {
 		return util.tag(name, dst);
 	}
@@ -125,19 +125,19 @@ public abstract class RevWalkTestCase extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		return util.commit();
 	}
 
-	protected <T extends RevObject> T parseBody(final T t) throws Exception {
+	protected <T extends RevObject> T parseBody(T t) throws Exception {
 		return util.parseBody(t);
 	}
 
-	protected void markStart(final RevCommit commit) throws Exception {
+	protected void markStart(RevCommit commit) throws Exception {
 		rw.markStart(commit);
 	}
 
-	protected void markUninteresting(final RevCommit commit) throws Exception {
+	protected void markUninteresting(RevCommit commit) throws Exception {
 		rw.markUninteresting(commit);
 	}
 
-	protected void assertCommit(final RevCommit exp, final RevCommit act) {
+	protected void assertCommit(RevCommit exp, RevCommit act) {
 		assertSame(exp, act);
 	}
 }

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalkUtilsReachableTest.java

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public class RevWalkUtilsReachableTest extends RevWalkTestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private Ref branch(final String name, final RevCommit dst) throws Exception {
+	private Ref branch(String name, RevCommit dst) throws Exception {
 		return Git.wrap(db).branchCreate().setName(name)
 				.setStartPoint(dst.name()).call();
 	}

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/NetRCTest.java

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class NetRCTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		configFile = new File(home, ".netrc");
 	}
 
-	private void config(final String data) throws IOException {
+	private void config(String data) throws IOException {
 		try (OutputStreamWriter fw = new OutputStreamWriter(
 				new FileOutputStream(configFile), CHARSET)) {
 			fw.write(data);

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/OpenSshConfigTest.java

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class OpenSshConfigTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		osc = new OpenSshConfig(home, configFile);
 	}
 
-	private void config(final String data) throws IOException {
+	private void config(String data) throws IOException {
 		long lastMtime = configFile.lastModified();
 		do {
 			try (final OutputStreamWriter fw = new OutputStreamWriter(

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/PacketLineInTest.java

@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ public class PacketLineInTest {
 
 	// test support
 
-	private void init(final String msg) {
+	private void init(String msg) {
 		rawIn = new ByteArrayInputStream(Constants.encodeASCII(msg));
 		in = new PacketLineIn(rawIn);
 	}

org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/PacketLineOutTest.java

@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public class PacketLineOutTest {
 		assertEquals(1, flushCnt[0]);
 	}
 
-	private void assertBuffer(final String exp) throws IOException {
+	private void assertBuffer(String exp) throws IOException {
 		assertEquals(exp, new String(rawOut.toByteArray(),
 				Constants.CHARACTER_ENCODING));
 	}