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Extend Javadoc of CheckoutCommand and add examples

Otherwise one has to look at the source to find out how to use the
command.

Change-Id: I074325bf2147aeb6f738a9346a9bb8fc49968929
stable-2.2
Robin Stocker 12 years ago
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      org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CheckoutCommand.java

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org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CheckoutCommand.java

@ -83,7 +83,42 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.treewalk.filter.PathFilterGroup;
import org.eclipse.jgit.util.FileUtils;
/**
* Checkout a branch to the working tree
* Checkout a branch to the working tree.
* <p>
* Examples (<code>git</code> is a {@link Git} instance):
* <p>
* Check out an existing branch:
*
* <pre>
* git.checkout().setName(&quot;feature&quot;).call();
* </pre>
* <p>
* Check out paths from the index:
*
* <pre>
* git.checkout().addPath(&quot;file1.txt&quot;).addPath(&quot;file2.txt&quot;).call();
* </pre>
* <p>
* Check out a path from a commit:
*
* <pre>
* git.checkout().setStartPoint(&quot;HEAD&circ;&quot;).addPath(&quot;file1.txt&quot;).call();
* </pre>
*
* <p>
* Create a new branch and check it out:
*
* <pre>
* git.checkout().setCreateBranch(true).setName(&quot;newbranch&quot;).call();
* </pre>
* <p>
* Create a new tracking branch for a remote branch and check it out:
*
* <pre>
* git.checkout().setCreateBranch(true).setName(&quot;stable&quot;)
* .setUpstreamMode(SetupUpstreamMode.SET_UPSTREAM)
* .setStartPoint(&quot;origin/stable&quot;).call();
* </pre>
*
* @see <a
* href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-checkout.html"
@ -241,8 +276,15 @@ public class CheckoutCommand extends GitCommand<Ref> {
}
/**
* Add a single path to the list of paths to check out. To check out all
* paths, use {@link #setAllPaths(boolean)}.
* <p>
* If this option is set, neither the {@link #setCreateBranch(boolean)} nor
* {@link #setName(String)} option is considered. In other words, these
* options are exclusive.
*
* @param path
* Path to update in the working tree and index.
* path to update in the working tree and index
* @return {@code this}
*/
public CheckoutCommand addPath(String path) {
@ -252,14 +294,19 @@ public class CheckoutCommand extends GitCommand<Ref> {
}
/**
* Set whether to checkout all paths
* Set whether to checkout all paths.
* <p>
* This options should be used when you want to do a path checkout on the
* entire repository and so calling {@link #addPath(String)} is not possible
* since empty paths are not allowed.
* <p>
* If this option is set, neither the {@link #setCreateBranch(boolean)} nor
* {@link #setName(String)} option is considered. In other words, these
* options are exclusive.
*
* @param all
* true to checkout all paths, false otherwise
* <code>true</code> to checkout all paths, <code>false</code>
* otherwise
* @return {@code this}
* @since 2.0
*/
@ -361,8 +408,20 @@ public class CheckoutCommand extends GitCommand<Ref> {
}
/**
* Specify the name of the branch or commit to check out, or the new branch
* name.
* <p>
* When only checking out paths and not switching branches, use
* {@link #setStartPoint(String)} or {@link #setStartPoint(RevCommit)} to
* specify from which branch or commit to check out files.
* <p>
* When {@link #setCreateBranch(boolean)} is set to <code>true</code>, use
* this method to set the name of the new branch to create and
* {@link #setStartPoint(String)} or {@link #setStartPoint(RevCommit)} to
* specify the start point of the branch.
*
* @param name
* the name of the new branch
* the name of the branch or commit
* @return this instance
*/
public CheckoutCommand setName(String name) {
@ -372,6 +431,14 @@ public class CheckoutCommand extends GitCommand<Ref> {
}
/**
* Specify whether to create a new branch.
* <p>
* If <code>true</code> is used, the name of the new branch must be set
* using {@link #setName(String)}. The commit at which to start the new
* branch can be set using {@link #setStartPoint(String)} or
* {@link #setStartPoint(RevCommit)}; if not specified, HEAD is used. Also
* see {@link #setUpstreamMode} for setting up branch tracking.
*
* @param createBranch
* if <code>true</code> a branch will be created as part of the
* checkout and set to the specified start point
@ -384,6 +451,8 @@ public class CheckoutCommand extends GitCommand<Ref> {
}
/**
* Specify to force the ref update in case of a branch switch.
*
* @param force
* if <code>true</code> and the branch with the given name
* already exists, the start-point of an existing branch will be
@ -398,9 +467,16 @@ public class CheckoutCommand extends GitCommand<Ref> {
}
/**
* Set the name of the commit that should be checked out.
* <p>
* When checking out files and this is not specified or <code>null</code>,
* the index is used.
* <p>
* When creating a new branch, this will be used as the start point. If not
* specified or <code>null</code>, the current HEAD is used.
*
* @param startPoint
* corresponds to the start-point option; if <code>null</code>,
* the current HEAD will be used
* commit name to check out
* @return this instance
*/
public CheckoutCommand setStartPoint(String startPoint) {
@ -411,9 +487,16 @@ public class CheckoutCommand extends GitCommand<Ref> {
}
/**
* Set the commit that should be checked out.
* <p>
* When creating a new branch, this will be used as the start point. If not
* specified or <code>null</code>, the current HEAD is used.
* <p>
* When checking out files and this is not specified or <code>null</code>,
* the index is used.
*
* @param startCommit
* corresponds to the start-point option; if <code>null</code>,
* the current HEAD will be used
* commit to check out
* @return this instance
*/
public CheckoutCommand setStartPoint(RevCommit startCommit) {
@ -424,6 +507,9 @@ public class CheckoutCommand extends GitCommand<Ref> {
}
/**
* When creating a branch with {@link #setCreateBranch(boolean)}, this can
* be used to configure branch tracking.
*
* @param mode
* corresponds to the --track/--no-track options; may be
* <code>null</code>
@ -437,7 +523,7 @@ public class CheckoutCommand extends GitCommand<Ref> {
}
/**
* @return the result
* @return the result, never <code>null</code>
*/
public CheckoutResult getResult() {
if (status == null)

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