---
name: "jgit"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "jgit-cli"
version: "6.7.0-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/jgit"
---

# jgit(1)

Pure Java GIT version control system implementation

## NAME

jgit - Pure Java GIT version control system implementation

## SYNOPSIS

**jgit --git-dir GIT\_DIR --help (-h) --show-stack-trace command \[ARG ...\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**JGit** is an implementation of GIT VCS written in Java language.

**Git** is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.

## OPTIONS

- **--git-dir GIT\_DIR**

  Set the git repository to operate on

- **--help (-h)**

  Display help text

- **--show-stack-trace**

  display the Java stack trace on exceptions

The most commonly used commands are:

- **add**

  Add file contents to the index

- **branch**

  List, create, or delete branches

- **checkout**

  Checkout a branch to the working tree

- **clone**

  Clone a repository into a new directory

- **commit**

  Record changes to the repository

- **daemon**

  Export repositories over git://

- **diff**

  Show diffs

- **fetch**

  Update remote refs from another repository

- **init**

  Create an empty git repository

- **log**

  View commit history

- **merge**

  Merges two development histories

- **push**

  Update remote repository from local refs

- **rm**

  Stop tracking a file

- **tag**

  Create a tag

- **version**

  Display the version of jgit

## AUTHOR

JGit was written by Eclipse JGIT Project contributors, **http://www.eclipse.org/jgit**

This manual page was written by Jakub Adam \<jakub.adam@ktknet.cz\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).