Running into TransportException "Nothing to push" when pushing changed file with JGit

Question

I'm using JGit to checkout a branch from my git repository and modify a file. After I committed the changes I try to push it but running into TransportException:

Caused by: org.eclipse.jgit.errors.TransportException: Nothing to push.
at org.eclipse.jgit.transport.Transport.push(Transport.java:1332)
at org.eclipse.jgit.api.PushCommand.call(PushCommand.java:169)
...

My code looks like this:

this.checkoutBranch(branchName);
try (Writer writer = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(getFilePath(filepath).toFile(), true),
                    StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
{
    Yaml yaml = this.initializeYaml();
    Map<String, Object> parameterMap = this.getParameterMap(filepath, yaml);
    parameterMap.put(key, value);

    // write file
    yaml.dump(parameterMap, writer);

    // commit and push
    git.add().addFilepattern(filepath).call();
    git.commit().setMessage("Added parameter with key: '" + key + "'").call();

    git.push().setCredentialsProvider(getCredentialProvider()).call();
}
catch(GitAPIException | IOException e)
{
    throw new GitClientException("Cannot write parameters.", e);
}

Here is the method for checking out the current branch:

public void checkoutBranch(String branchName)
{
    try
    {
        git.checkout().setName("origin/" + branchName).call();
    }
    catch(GitAPIException e)
    {
        throw new GitClientException("Cannot checkout branch.", e);
    }
}

I looked for JGit examples and I found many of them, but no example handles file changes. Has anybody a hint what could be wrong?

Answer 1

调用checkoutBranch将导致HEAD脱离，这可能是push命令失败的原因。

git.getRepository().getFullBranch()现在返回远程分支指向的提交的对象ID（SHA-1）。

要在不分离HEAD的情况下签出远程分支，Git需要创建一个充当代理并跟踪该远程分支的本地分支。有关如何使用JGit实现此功能的信息，请参见JGit: Checkout a remote branch。