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-Java Git
-========
+# Java Git

 An implementation of the Git version control system in pure Java.

-This package is licensed under the EDL (Eclipse Distribution
+This project is licensed under the __EDL__ (Eclipse Distribution
 License).

-JGit can be imported straight into Eclipse, built and tested from
-there, but the automated builds use Maven.
+JGit can be imported straight into Eclipse and built and tested from
+there. It can be built from the command line using
+[Maven](https://maven.apache.org/) or [Bazel](https://bazel.build/).
+The CI builds use Maven and run on [Jenkins](https://ci.eclipse.org/jgit/).

- org.eclipse.jgit
+- __org.eclipse.jgit__

    A pure Java library capable of being run standalone, with no
    additional support libraries. It provides classes to read and
@ -18,63 +19,73 @@ there, but the automated builds use Maven.
    All portions of JGit are covered by the EDL. Absolutely no GPL,
    LGPL or EPL contributions are accepted within this package.

- org.eclipse.jgit.ant
+- __org.eclipse.jgit.ant__

    Ant tasks based on JGit.

- org.eclipse.jgit.archive
+- __org.eclipse.jgit.archive__

    Support for exporting to various archive formats (zip etc).

- org.eclipse.jgit.http.apache
+- __org.eclipse.jgit.http.apache__

-    Apache httpclient support
+    [Apache httpclient](https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/) support.

- org.eclipse.jgit.http.server
+- __org.eclipse.jgit.http.server__

-    Server for the smart and dumb Git HTTP protocol.
+    Server for the smart and dumb
+    [Git HTTP protocol](https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt).

- org.eclipse.jgit.pgm
+- __org.eclipse.jgit.lfs__

-    Command-line interface Git commands implemented using JGit
-    ("pgm" stands for program).
+    Support for [LFS](https://git-lfs.github.com/) (Large File Storage).
+
+- __org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server__

- org.eclipse.jgit.packaging
+    Basic LFS server support.
+
+- __org.eclipse.jgit.packaging__

    Production of Eclipse features and p2 repository for JGit. See the JGit
    Wiki on why and how to use this module.

-Tests
-----
+- __org.eclipse.jgit.pgm__
+
+    Command-line interface Git commands implemented using JGit
+    ("pgm" stands for program).

- org.eclipse.jgit.junit
+- __org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.apache__

-    Helpers for unit testing
+    Client support for the ssh protocol based on
+    [Apache Mina sshd](https://mina.apache.org/sshd-project/).

- org.eclipse.jgit.test
+- __org.eclipse.jgit.ui__

-    Unit tests for org.eclipse.jgit
+    Simple UI for displaying git log.

- org.eclipse.jgit.ant.test
- org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.test
- org.eclipse.jgit.http.test
- org.eclipse.jgit.junit.test
+## Tests

-    No further description needed
+- __org.eclipse.jgit.junit__, __org.eclipse.jgit.junit.http__,
+__org.eclipse.jgit.junit.ssh__: Helpers for unit testing
+- __org.eclipse.jgit.ant.test__: Unit tests for org.eclipse.jgit.ant
+- __org.eclipse.jgit.http.test__: Unit tests for org.eclipse.jgit.http.server
+- __org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server.test__: Unit tests for org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server
+- __org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.test__: Unit tests for org.eclipse.jgit.lfs
+- __org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.test__: Unit tests for org.eclipse.jgit.pgm
+- __org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.apache.test__: Unit tests for org.eclipse.jgit.ssh.apache
+- __org.eclipse.jgit.test__: Unit tests for org.eclipse.jgit

-Warnings/Caveats
----------------
+## Warnings/Caveats

- Native smbolic links are supported, provided the file system supports
-  them. For Windows you must have Windows Vista/Windows 2008 or newer,
-  use a non-administrator account and have the SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege.
+- Native symbolic links are supported, provided the file system supports
+  them. For Windows you must use a non-administrator account and have the SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege.

 - Only the timestamp of the index is used by jgit if the index is
  dirty.

 - JGit requires at least a Java 8 JDK.

- CRLF conversion is performed depending on the core.autocrlf setting,
+- CRLF conversion is performed depending on the `core.autocrlf` setting,
  however Git for Windows by default stores that setting during
  installation in the "system wide" configuration file. If Git is not
  installed, use the global or repository configuration for the
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  is installed. Modifying PATH is the recommended option if C Git is
  installed.

- We try to use the same notation of $HOME as C Git does. On Windows
-  this is often not the same value as the user.home system property.
-
+- We try to use the same notation of `$HOME` as C Git does. On Windows
+  this is often not the same value as the `user.home` system property.

-Package Features
----------------
+## Features

- org.eclipse.jgit/
-
-    * Read loose and packed commits, trees, blobs, including
+- __org.eclipse.jgit__
+  - Read loose and packed commits, trees, blobs, including
    deltafied objects.
-
-    * Read objects from shared repositories
-
-    * Write loose commits, trees, blobs.
-
-    * Write blobs from local files or Java InputStreams.
-
-    * Read blobs as Java InputStreams.
-
-    * Copy trees to local directory, or local directory to a tree.
-
-    * Lazily loads objects as necessary.
-
-    * Read and write .git/config files.
-
-    * Create a new repository.
-
-    * Read and write refs, including walking through symrefs.
-
-    * Read, update and write the Git index.
-
-    * Checkout in dirty working directory if trivial.
-
-    * Walk the history from a given set of commits looking for commits
+  - Read objects from shared repositories
+  - Write loose commits, trees, blobs.
+  - Write blobs from local files or Java InputStreams.
+  - Read blobs as Java InputStreams.
+  - Copy trees to local directory, or local directory to a tree.
+  - Lazily loads objects as necessary.
+  - Read and write .git/config files.
+  - Create a new repository.
+  - Read and write refs, including walking through symrefs.
+  - Read, update and write the Git index.
+  - Checkout in dirty working directory if trivial.
+  - Walk the history from a given set of commits looking for commits
      introducing changes in files under a specified path.
+  - Object transport

-    * Object transport
      Fetch via ssh, git, http, Amazon S3 and bundles.
      Push via ssh, git and Amazon S3. JGit does not yet deltify
      the pushed packs so they may be a lot larger than C Git packs.

-    * Garbage collection
-
-    * Merge
-
-    * Rebase
-
-    * And much more
+  - Garbage collection
+  - Merge
+  - Rebase
+  - And much more

- org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/
-
-    * Assorted set of command line utilities. Mostly for ad-hoc testing of jgit
+- __org.eclipse.jgit.pgm__
+  - Assorted set of command line utilities. Mostly for ad-hoc testing of jgit
      log, glog, fetch etc.
+- __org.eclipse.jgit.ant__
+  - Ant tasks
+- __org.eclipse.jgit.archive__
+  - Support for Zip/Tar and other formats
+- __org.eclipse.http__
+  - HTTP client and server support

- org.eclipse.jgit.ant/
-
-    * Ant tasks
-
- org.eclipse.jgit.archive/
-
-    * Support for Zip/Tar and other formats
-
- org.eclipse.http.*/
-
-    * HTTP client and server support
-
-Missing Features
----------------
+## Missing Features

 There are some missing features:

- gitattributes support
-
-
-Support
-------
+- verifying signed commits
+- signing tags
+- signing push

-Post question, comments or patches to the jgit-dev@eclipse.org mailing list.
-You need to be subscribed to post, see here:
+## Support

-https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/jgit-dev
+Post questions, comments or discussions to the jgit-dev@eclipse.org mailing list.
+You need to be [subscribed](https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/jgit-dev)
+to post. File bugs and enhancement requests in
+[Bugzilla](https://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/Contributor_Guide#Filing_Bugs).

+## Contributing

-Contributing
------------
+See the EGit Contributor Guide: http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/Contributor_Guide

-See the EGit Contributor Guide:
-
-http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/Contributor_Guide
-
-
-About Git
---------
+## About Git

 More information about Git, its repository format, and the canonical
-C based implementation can be obtained from the Git website:
-
-http://git-scm.com/
+C based implementation can be obtained from the
+[Git website](http://git-scm.com/).