2 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/ManifestParser.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/ManifestParser.java
index 7402c760c3..b033177e05 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/ManifestParser.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/ManifestParser.java
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ public class ManifestParser extends DefaultHandler {
 					.setRecommendShallow(attributes.getValue("clone-depth"));
 			currentProject
 					.setUpstream(attributes.getValue("upstream"));
+			currentProject
+					.setDestBranch(attributes.getValue("dest-branch"));
 			break;
 		case "remote":
 			String alias = attributes.getValue("alias");
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/RepoProject.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/RepoProject.java
index b96faab452..d8fec78493 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/RepoProject.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/RepoProject.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public class RepoProject implements Comparable<RepoProject> {
 	private final List<CopyFile> copyfiles;
 	private final List<LinkFile> linkfiles;
 	private String upstream;
+	private String destBranch;
 	private String recommendShallow;
 	private String url;
 	private String defaultRevision;
@@ -402,6 +403,17 @@ public class RepoProject implements Comparable<RepoProject> {
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Return the dest-branch attribute of the project
+	 *
+	 * @return the dest-branch value if present, null otherwise.
+	 *
+	 * @since 7.0
+	 */
+	public String getDestBranch() {
+		return this.destBranch;
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Set the upstream attribute of the project
 	 *
 	 * Name of the git ref in which a sha1 can be found, when the revision is a
@@ -412,10 +424,24 @@ public class RepoProject implements Comparable<RepoProject> {
 	 *
 	 * @since 7.0
 	 */
-	void setUpstream(String upstream) {
+	public void setUpstream(String upstream) {
 		this.upstream = upstream;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the dest-branch attribute of the project
+	 *
+	 * Name of a Git branch.
+	 *
+	 * @param destBranch
+	 *            value of the attribute in the manifest
+	 *
+	 * @since 7.0
+	 */
+	public void setDestBranch(String destBranch) {
+		this.destBranch = destBranch;
+	}
+
 	private String getPathWithSlash() {
 		if (path.endsWith("/")) { //$NON-NLS-1$
 			return path;