diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/Git.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/Git.java
index 8564570d3..f4ed2a792 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/Git.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/Git.java
@@ -79,6 +79,19 @@ public class Git {
/** The git repository this class is interacting with */
private final Repository repo;
+ /**
+ * Returns a command object to execute a {@code init} command
+ *
+ * @see Git documentation about init
+ * @return a {@link InitCommand} used to collect all optional parameters and
+ * to finally execute the {@code init} command
+ */
+ public static InitCommand init() {
+ return new InitCommand();
+ }
+
/**
* Constructs a new {@link Git} object which can interact with the specified
* git repository. All command classes returned by methods of this class
@@ -282,19 +295,6 @@ public class Git {
return new CheckoutCommand(repo);
}
- /**
- * Returns a command object to execute a {@code init} command
- *
- * @see Git documentation about init
- * @return a {@link InitCommand} used to collect all optional parameters and
- * to finally execute the {@code init} command
- */
- static public InitCommand init() {
- return new InitCommand();
- }
-
/**
* @return the git repository this class is interacting with
*/