使用Java用户名和密码在ssh上克隆git存储库

Question

I am trying to clone a git project with Java over ssh. I have username and password of a git-shell user as credentials. I can clone the project in terminal using the following command with no problem. (Of course, it asks for the password first)

git clone user@HOST:/path/Example.git

However when I try the following code using JGIT api

File localPath = new File("TempProject");
Git.cloneRepository()
    .setURI("ssh://HOST/path/example.git")
    .setDirectory(localPath)
    .setCredentialsProvider(new UsernamePasswordCredentialsProvider("***", "***"))
    .call();

I got

Exception in thread "main" org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.TransportException: ssh://HOST/path/example.git: Auth fail

What should I do? Any ideas? (I am using OSX 10.9.4 and JDK 1.8)

Answer 1

For authentication with SSH, JGit uses JSch . JSch provides an SshSessionFactory to create and dispose SSH connections. The quickest way to tell JGit which SSH session factory should be used is to set it globally through SshSessionFactory.setInstance() .

JGit provides an abstract JschConfigSessionFactory , whose configure method can be overridden to provide the password:

SshSessionFactory.setInstance( new JschConfigSessionFactory() {
    @Override
    protected void configure( Host host, Session session ) {
      session.setPassword( "password" );
    }
} );
Git.cloneRepository()
  .setURI( "ssh://username@host/path/repo.git" )
  .setDirectory( "/path/to/local/repo" )
  .call();

To set the SshSessionFactory in a more sensible way is slightly more complex. The CloneCommand - like all JGit command classes that may open a connection - inherits from TransportCommand . This class has a setTransportConfigCallback() method that can also be used to specify the SSH session factory for the actual command.

CloneCommand cloneCommand = Git.cloneRepository();
cloneCommand.setTransportConfigCallback( new TransportConfigCallback() {
  @Override
  public void configure( Transport transport ) {
    if( transport instanceof SshTransport ) {
      SshTransport sshTransport = ( SshTransport )transport;
      sshTransport.setSshSessionFactory( ... );
    }
  }
} );