DP_ :
I need to write a piece of code in Java which tests whether or not a particular tag exists in a Git repository.
Most obvious way to do it it this:
git = Git.cloneRepository()
.setURI(gitUri)
.setDirectory(dir)
.call();
git.checkout().setName(String.format("refs/tags/%s", version)).call();
If tag version does not exist, an exception will be thrown.
But this way requires me to have a directory (dir) into which the repository will be checked out.
Is it possible to find out whether or not a tag exists in a remote repository without checking it out on disk? If yes, how can I do it?
Rüdiger Herrmann :
The LsRemoteCommand is able to list the refs that a remote repository has.
The command can be configured to include tags like this:
LsRemoteCommand ls = Git.lsRemoteRepository();
Collection<Ref> remoteRefs = ls
.setRemote("url-to-remote-repo")
.setHeads(true) // true by default, set to false if not interested in refs/heads/*
.setTags(true) // include tags in result
.call();
If you prefer to get a map of ref-names to Ref objects, you can execute the command with callAsMap().