jgit/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/file/FileRepositoryBuilder.java

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package org.eclipse.jgit.storage.file;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.BaseRepositoryBuilder;

/**
 * Constructs a {@link FileRepository}.
 * <p>
 * Applications must set one of {@link #setGitDir(File)} or
 * {@link #setWorkTree(File)}, or use {@link #readEnvironment()} or
 * {@link #findGitDir()} in order to configure the minimum property set
 * necessary to open a repository.
 * <p>
 * Single repository applications trying to be compatible with other Git
 * implementations are encouraged to use a model such as:
 *
 * <pre>
 * new FileRepositoryBuilder() //
 * 		.setGitDir(gitDirArgument) // --git-dir if supplied, no-op if null
 * 		.readEnviroment() // scan environment GIT_* variables
 * 		.findGitDir() // scan up the file system tree
 * 		.build()
 * </pre>
 */
public class FileRepositoryBuilder extends
		BaseRepositoryBuilder<FileRepositoryBuilder, FileRepository> {
	/**
	 * Create a repository matching the configuration in this builder.
	 * <p>
	 * If an option was not set, the build method will try to default the option
	 * based on other options. If insufficient information is available, an
	 * exception is thrown to the caller.
	 *
	 * @return a repository matching this configuration.
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException
	 *             insufficient parameters were set.
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             the repository could not be accessed to configure the rest of
	 *             the builder's parameters.
	 */
	@Override
	public FileRepository build() throws IOException {
		return new FileRepository(setup());
	}
}