Merge changes Icfe92059,I65a9da89

* changes:
  Introduce a named constant for the ".git" directory extension
  Introduce a named constant for the .git directory.
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase.java
index ddace0d..001deb2 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/junit/LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase.java
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ protected Repository createWorkRepository() throws IOException {
 	 */
 	private Repository createRepository(boolean bare) throws IOException {
 		String uniqueId = System.currentTimeMillis() + "_" + (testCount++);
-		String gitdirName = "test" + uniqueId + (bare ? "" : "/") + ".git";
+		String gitdirName = "test" + uniqueId + (bare ? "" : "/") + Constants.DOT_GIT;
 		File gitdir = new File(trash, gitdirName).getCanonicalFile();
 		Repository db = new Repository(gitdir);
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Clone.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Clone.java
index 3fe50d6..10bb357 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Clone.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Clone.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ protected void run() throws Exception {
 			}
 		}
 		if (gitdir == null)
-			gitdir = new File(localName, ".git");
+			gitdir = new File(localName, Constants.DOT_GIT);
 
 		db = new Repository(gitdir);
 		db.create();
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Glog.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Glog.java
index c799222..caf4f30 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Glog.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Glog.java
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /*
+ * Copyright (C) 2010, Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2008, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
  * and other copyright owners as documented in the project's IP log.
  *
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
 import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.awtui.CommitGraphPane;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revplot.PlotWalk;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevCommit;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevSort;
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ protected RevWalk createWalk() {
 	private String repoName() {
 		final File f = db.getDirectory();
 		String n = f.getName();
-		if (".git".equals(n))
+		if (Constants.DOT_GIT.equals(n))
 			n = f.getParentFile().getName();
 		return n;
 	}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Init.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Init.java
index b6a4a44..a8fe7d8 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Init.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Init.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2009, Constantine Plotnikov <constantine.plotnikov@gmail.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2008, Google Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2010, Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
  * and other copyright owners as documented in the project's IP log.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
 import java.io.File;
 
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
 
 @Command(common = true, usage = "Create an empty git repository")
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ protected final boolean requiresRepository() {
 	@Override
 	protected void run() throws Exception {
 		if (gitdir == null)
-			gitdir = new File(bare ? "." : ".git");
+			gitdir = new File(bare ? "." : Constants.DOT_GIT);
 		db = new Repository(gitdir);
 		db.create(bare);
 		out.println("Initialized empty Git repository in "
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Main.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Main.java
index b4c5660..10ebef4 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Main.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Main.java
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ private static File findGitDir() {
 		}
 		File current = new File("").getAbsoluteFile();
 		while (current != null) {
-			final File gitDir = new File(current, ".git");
+			final File gitDir = new File(current, Constants.DOT_GIT);
 			if (gitDir.isDirectory())
 				return gitDir;
 			current = current.getParentFile();
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/ReceivePack.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/ReceivePack.java
index c6a6fd0..f43a279 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/ReceivePack.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/ReceivePack.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2008-2009, Google Inc.
- * Copyright (C) 2009, Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2010, Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
  * and other copyright owners as documented in the project's IP log.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import java.io.File;
 
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Argument;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
 
 @Command(common = false, usage = "Server side backend for 'jgit push'")
@@ -63,8 +64,8 @@ protected final boolean requiresRepository() {
 	protected void run() throws Exception {
 		final org.eclipse.jgit.transport.ReceivePack rp;
 
-		if (new File(dstGitdir, ".git").isDirectory())
-			dstGitdir = new File(dstGitdir, ".git");
+		if (new File(dstGitdir, Constants.DOT_GIT).isDirectory())
+			dstGitdir = new File(dstGitdir, Constants.DOT_GIT);
 		db = new Repository(dstGitdir);
 		if (!db.getObjectsDirectory().isDirectory())
 			throw die("'" + dstGitdir.getPath() + "' not a git repository");
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/UploadPack.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/UploadPack.java
index 85dbbc5..ea30899 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/UploadPack.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/UploadPack.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2008-2009, Google Inc.
- * Copyright (C) 2009, Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2010, Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
  * and other copyright owners as documented in the project's IP log.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Argument;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
 
 @Command(common = false, usage = "Server side backend for 'jgit fetch'")
@@ -67,8 +68,8 @@ protected final boolean requiresRepository() {
 	protected void run() throws Exception {
 		final org.eclipse.jgit.transport.UploadPack rp;
 
-		if (new File(srcGitdir, ".git").isDirectory())
-			srcGitdir = new File(srcGitdir, ".git");
+		if (new File(srcGitdir, Constants.DOT_GIT).isDirectory())
+			srcGitdir = new File(srcGitdir, Constants.DOT_GIT);
 		db = new Repository(srcGitdir);
 		if (!db.getObjectsDirectory().isDirectory())
 			throw die("'" + srcGitdir.getPath() + "' not a git repository");
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/T0003_Basic.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/T0003_Basic.java
index e29e9e72..e0cc345 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/T0003_Basic.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/T0003_Basic.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2007, Dave Watson <dwatson@mimvista.com>
- * Copyright (C) 2007-2009, Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2010, Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2006-2008, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
  * and other copyright owners as documented in the project's IP log.
  *
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 
 public class T0003_Basic extends SampleDataRepositoryTestCase {
 	public void test001_Initalize() {
-		final File gitdir = new File(trash, ".git");
+		final File gitdir = new File(trash, Constants.DOT_GIT);
 		final File objects = new File(gitdir, "objects");
 		final File objects_pack = new File(objects, "pack");
 		final File objects_info = new File(objects, "info");
@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ public void test000_openRepoBadArgs() throws IOException {
 	 */
 	public void test000_openrepo_default_gitDirSet() throws IOException {
 		File repo1Parent = new File(trash.getParentFile(), "r1");
-		Repository repo1initial = new Repository(new File(repo1Parent, ".git"));
+		Repository repo1initial = new Repository(new File(repo1Parent, Constants.DOT_GIT));
 		repo1initial.create();
 		repo1initial.close();
 
-		File theDir = new File(repo1Parent, ".git");
+		File theDir = new File(repo1Parent, Constants.DOT_GIT);
 		Repository r = new Repository(theDir, null);
 		assertEqualsPath(theDir, r.getDirectory());
 		assertEqualsPath(repo1Parent, r.getWorkDir());
@@ -117,11 +117,11 @@ public void test000_openrepo_default_gitDirSet() throws IOException {
 	 */
 	public void test000_openrepo_default_gitDirAndWorkTreeSet() throws IOException {
 		File repo1Parent = new File(trash.getParentFile(), "r1");
-		Repository repo1initial = new Repository(new File(repo1Parent, ".git"));
+		Repository repo1initial = new Repository(new File(repo1Parent, Constants.DOT_GIT));
 		repo1initial.create();
 		repo1initial.close();
 
-		File theDir = new File(repo1Parent, ".git");
+		File theDir = new File(repo1Parent, Constants.DOT_GIT);
 		Repository r = new Repository(theDir, repo1Parent.getParentFile());
 		assertEqualsPath(theDir, r.getDirectory());
 		assertEqualsPath(repo1Parent.getParentFile(), r.getWorkDir());
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@ public void test000_openrepo_default_gitDirAndWorkTreeSet() throws IOException {
 	 */
 	public void test000_openrepo_default_workDirSet() throws IOException {
 		File repo1Parent = new File(trash.getParentFile(), "r1");
-		Repository repo1initial = new Repository(new File(repo1Parent, ".git"));
+		Repository repo1initial = new Repository(new File(repo1Parent, Constants.DOT_GIT));
 		repo1initial.create();
 		repo1initial.close();
 
-		File theDir = new File(repo1Parent, ".git");
+		File theDir = new File(repo1Parent, Constants.DOT_GIT);
 		Repository r = new Repository(null, repo1Parent);
 		assertEqualsPath(theDir, r.getDirectory());
 		assertEqualsPath(repo1Parent, r.getWorkDir());
@@ -159,14 +159,14 @@ public void test000_openrepo_default_absolute_workdirconfig()
 		File repo1Parent = new File(trash.getParentFile(), "r1");
 		File workdir = new File(trash.getParentFile(), "rw");
 		workdir.mkdir();
-		Repository repo1initial = new Repository(new File(repo1Parent, ".git"));
+		Repository repo1initial = new Repository(new File(repo1Parent, Constants.DOT_GIT));
 		repo1initial.create();
 		repo1initial.getConfig().setString("core", null, "worktree",
 				workdir.getAbsolutePath());
 		repo1initial.getConfig().save();
 		repo1initial.close();
 
-		File theDir = new File(repo1Parent, ".git");
+		File theDir = new File(repo1Parent, Constants.DOT_GIT);
 		Repository r = new Repository(theDir, null);
 		assertEqualsPath(theDir, r.getDirectory());
 		assertEqualsPath(workdir, r.getWorkDir());
@@ -184,14 +184,14 @@ public void test000_openrepo_default_relative_workdirconfig()
 		File repo1Parent = new File(trash.getParentFile(), "r1");
 		File workdir = new File(trash.getParentFile(), "rw");
 		workdir.mkdir();
-		Repository repo1initial = new Repository(new File(repo1Parent, ".git"));
+		Repository repo1initial = new Repository(new File(repo1Parent, Constants.DOT_GIT));
 		repo1initial.create();
 		repo1initial.getConfig()
 				.setString("core", null, "worktree", "../../rw");
 		repo1initial.getConfig().save();
 		repo1initial.close();
 
-		File theDir = new File(repo1Parent, ".git");
+		File theDir = new File(repo1Parent, Constants.DOT_GIT);
 		Repository r = new Repository(theDir, null);
 		assertEqualsPath(theDir, r.getDirectory());
 		assertEqualsPath(workdir, r.getWorkDir());
@@ -211,11 +211,11 @@ public void test000_openrepo_alternate_index_file_and_objdirs()
 		File indexFile = new File(trash, "idx");
 		File objDir = new File(trash, "../obj");
 		File[] altObjDirs = new File[] { db.getObjectsDirectory() };
-		Repository repo1initial = new Repository(new File(repo1Parent, ".git"));
+		Repository repo1initial = new Repository(new File(repo1Parent, Constants.DOT_GIT));
 		repo1initial.create();
 		repo1initial.close();
 
-		File theDir = new File(repo1Parent, ".git");
+		File theDir = new File(repo1Parent, Constants.DOT_GIT);
 		Repository r = new Repository(theDir, null, objDir, altObjDirs,
 				indexFile);
 		assertEqualsPath(theDir, r.getDirectory());
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Constants.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Constants.java
index 05de98c..348905d 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Constants.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Constants.java
@@ -308,6 +308,12 @@ public final class Constants {
 	/** Default remote name used by clone, push and fetch operations */
 	public static final String DEFAULT_REMOTE_NAME = "origin";
 
+	/** Default name for the Git repository directory */
+	public static final String DOT_GIT = ".git";
+
+	/** A bare repository typically ends with this string */
+	public static final String DOT_GIT_EXT = ".git";
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a new digest function for objects.
 	 *
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Repository.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Repository.java
index bbc5cc2..91a9774 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Repository.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Repository.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2007, Dave Watson <dwatson@mimvista.com>
- * Copyright (C) 2006-2009, Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2010, Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2006-2008, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
  * and other copyright owners as documented in the project's IP log.
  *
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public Repository(final File d, final File workTree, final File objectDir,
 		if (workTree != null) {
 			workDir = workTree;
 			if (d == null)
-				gitDir = new File(workTree, ".git");
+				gitDir = new File(workTree, Constants.DOT_GIT);
 			else
 				gitDir = d;
 		} else {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RepositoryCache.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RepositoryCache.java
index f0fc544..b086968 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RepositoryCache.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RepositoryCache.java
@@ -377,13 +377,13 @@ private static String readFirstLine(final File head) {
 		public static File resolve(final File directory) {
 			if (isGitRepository(directory))
 				return directory;
-			if (isGitRepository(new File(directory, ".git")))
-				return new File(directory, ".git");
+			if (isGitRepository(new File(directory, Constants.DOT_GIT)))
+				return new File(directory, Constants.DOT_GIT);
 
 			final String name = directory.getName();
 			final File parent = directory.getParentFile();
-			if (isGitRepository(new File(parent, name + ".git")))
-				return new File(parent, name + ".git");
+			if (isGitRepository(new File(parent, name + Constants.DOT_GIT_EXT)))
+				return new File(parent, name + Constants.DOT_GIT_EXT);
 			return null;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/Daemon.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/Daemon.java
index c6f6904..cafcd7b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/Daemon.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/Daemon.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.PersonIdent;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.RepositoryCache;
@@ -204,8 +205,8 @@ public void setExportAll(final boolean export) {
 	 *            the repository instance.
 	 */
 	public void exportRepository(String name, final Repository db) {
-		if (!name.endsWith(".git"))
-			name = name + ".git";
+		if (!name.endsWith(Constants.DOT_GIT_EXT))
+			name = name + Constants.DOT_GIT_EXT;
 		exports.put(name, db);
 		RepositoryCache.register(db);
 	}
@@ -358,7 +359,8 @@ Repository openRepository(String name) {
 		name = name.substring(1);
 
 		Repository db;
-		db = exports.get(name.endsWith(".git") ? name : name + ".git");
+		db = exports.get(name.endsWith(Constants.DOT_GIT_EXT) ? name : name
+				+ Constants.DOT_GIT_EXT);
 		if (db != null) {
 			db.incrementOpen();
 			return db;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportLocal.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportLocal.java
index 8bb2227..a99a9b4 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportLocal.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportLocal.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.NotSupportedException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.TransportException;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.util.FS;
 
@@ -101,8 +102,8 @@ static boolean canHandle(final URIish uri) {
 		super(local, uri);
 
 		File d = FS.resolve(new File(PWD), uri.getPath()).getAbsoluteFile();
-		if (new File(d, ".git").isDirectory())
-			d = new File(d, ".git");
+		if (new File(d, Constants.DOT_GIT).isDirectory())
+			d = new File(d, Constants.DOT_GIT);
 		remoteGitDir = d;
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/URIish.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/URIish.java
index 1f7bad1..80b94b2 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/URIish.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/URIish.java
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
+
 /**
  * This URI like construct used for referencing Git archives over the net, as
  * well as locally stored archives. The most important difference compared to
@@ -57,8 +59,6 @@
  * any special character is written as-is.
  */
 public class URIish {
-	private static final String DOT_GIT = ".git";
-
 	private static final Pattern FULL_URI = Pattern
 			.compile("^(?:([a-z][a-z0-9+-]+)://(?:([^/]+?)(?::([^/]+?))?@)?(?:([^/]+?))?(?::(\\d+))?)?((?:[A-Za-z]:)?/.+)$");
 
@@ -408,10 +408,11 @@ public String getHumanishName() throws IllegalArgumentException {
 		if (elements.length == 0)
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException();
 		String result = elements[elements.length - 1];
-		if (DOT_GIT.equals(result))
+		if (Constants.DOT_GIT.equals(result))
 			result = elements[elements.length - 2];
-		else if (result.endsWith(DOT_GIT))
-			result = result.substring(0, result.length() - DOT_GIT.length());
+		else if (result.endsWith(Constants.DOT_GIT_EXT))
+			result = result.substring(0, result.length()
+					- Constants.DOT_GIT_EXT.length());
 		return result;
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/FileTreeIterator.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/FileTreeIterator.java
index 10bb539..19db39a 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/FileTreeIterator.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/FileTreeIterator.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2008, Google Inc.
- * Copyright (C) 2007, Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2010, Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2008, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
  * Copyright (C) 2009, Tor Arne Vestbø <torarnv@gmail.com>
  * and other copyright owners as documented in the project's IP log.
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.IncorrectObjectTypeException;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.FileMode;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.util.FS;
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ static public class FileEntry extends Entry {
 			file = f;
 
 			if (f.isDirectory()) {
-				if (new File(f, ".git").isDirectory())
+				if (new File(f, Constants.DOT_GIT).isDirectory())
 					mode = FileMode.GITLINK;
 				else
 					mode = FileMode.TREE;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/WorkingTreeIterator.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/WorkingTreeIterator.java
index 0c6786b..6b8a6ce 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/WorkingTreeIterator.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/WorkingTreeIterator.java
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ protected void init(final Entry[] list) {
 			final String name = e.getName();
 			if (".".equals(name) || "..".equals(name))
 				continue;
-			if (".git".equals(name))
+			if (Constants.DOT_GIT.equals(name))
 				continue;
 			if (i != o)
 				entries[o] = e;