diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/.settings/edu.umd.cs.findbugs.core.prefs b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/.settings/edu.umd.cs.findbugs.core.prefs
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+#SpotBugs User Preferences
+#Fri Dec 04 11:35:48 CET 2020
+detectorExplicitSerialization=ExplicitSerialization|true
+detectorMultithreadedInstanceAccess=MultithreadedInstanceAccess|true
+detectorConfusionBetweenInheritedAndOuterMethod=ConfusionBetweenInheritedAndOuterMethod|true
+detectorWrongMapIterator=WrongMapIterator|true
+detectorUnnecessaryMath=UnnecessaryMath|true
+detectorUselessSubclassMethod=UselessSubclassMethod|false
+filter_settings=Medium|BAD_PRACTICE,CORRECTNESS,EXPERIMENTAL,I18N,MALICIOUS_CODE,MT_CORRECTNESS,PERFORMANCE,SECURITY,STYLE|false|15
+detectorURLProblems=URLProblems|true
+detectorIteratorIdioms=IteratorIdioms|true
+detectorMutableEnum=MutableEnum|true
+detectorFindNonShortCircuit=FindNonShortCircuit|true
+detectorSynchronizeAndNullCheckField=SynchronizeAndNullCheckField|true
+detectorVolatileUsage=VolatileUsage|true
+detectorFindNakedNotify=FindNakedNotify|true
+detectorFindUninitializedGet=FindUninitializedGet|true
+detectorFindUseOfNonSerializableValue=FindUseOfNonSerializableValue|true
+detectorFindJSR166LockMonitorenter=FindJSR166LockMonitorenter|true
+detectorQuestionableBooleanAssignment=QuestionableBooleanAssignment|true
+detectorSwitchFallthrough=SwitchFallthrough|true
+detectorFindLocalSelfAssignment2=FindLocalSelfAssignment2|true
+detectorConfusedInheritance=ConfusedInheritance|true
+detectorSynchronizationOnSharedBuiltinConstant=SynchronizationOnSharedBuiltinConstant|true
+detectorMutableStaticFields=MutableStaticFields|true
+detectorInvalidJUnitTest=InvalidJUnitTest|true
+detectorInfiniteLoop=InfiniteLoop|true
+detectorFindRunInvocations=FindRunInvocations|true
+detectorBadSyntaxForRegularExpression=BadSyntaxForRegularExpression|true
+detectorXMLFactoryBypass=XMLFactoryBypass|true
+detectorFindOpenStream=FindOpenStream|true
+detectorCheckExpectedWarnings=CheckExpectedWarnings|false
+detectorHugeSharedStringConstants=HugeSharedStringConstants|true
+detectorLostLoggerDueToWeakReference=LostLoggerDueToWeakReference|true
+detectorStringConcatenation=StringConcatenation|true
+detectorLoadOfKnownNullValue=LoadOfKnownNullValue|true
+detectorFinalizerNullsFields=FinalizerNullsFields|true
+detectorFindFieldSelfAssignment=FindFieldSelfAssignment|true
+detectorInefficientToArray=InefficientToArray|false
+detectorDontCatchIllegalMonitorStateException=DontCatchIllegalMonitorStateException|true
+detectorInconsistentAnnotations=InconsistentAnnotations|true
+detectorBadlyOverriddenAdapter=BadlyOverriddenAdapter|true
+detectorInstantiateStaticClass=InstantiateStaticClass|true
+detectorCheckRelaxingNullnessAnnotation=CheckRelaxingNullnessAnnotation|true
+detectorMethodReturnCheck=MethodReturnCheck|true
+detectorEqualsOperandShouldHaveClassCompatibleWithThis=EqualsOperandShouldHaveClassCompatibleWithThis|true
+detectorFindDoubleCheck=FindDoubleCheck|true
+detectorFindBadForLoop=FindBadForLoop|true
+detectorDefaultEncodingDetector=DefaultEncodingDetector|true
+detectorFindInconsistentSync2=FindInconsistentSync2|true
+detectorFindSpinLoop=FindSpinLoop|true
+detectorFindMaskedFields=FindMaskedFields|true
+detectorBooleanReturnNull=BooleanReturnNull|true
+detectorFindUnsyncGet=FindUnsyncGet|true
+detectorCrossSiteScripting=CrossSiteScripting|true
+detectorDroppedException=DroppedException|true
+detectorFindDeadLocalStores=FindDeadLocalStores|true
+detectorCheckImmutableAnnotation=CheckImmutableAnnotation|true
+detectorInfiniteRecursiveLoop=InfiniteRecursiveLoop|true
+detectorFindRefComparison=FindRefComparison|true
+detectorFindRoughConstants=FindRoughConstants|true
+detectorMutableLock=MutableLock|true
+detectorFindNullDeref=FindNullDeref|true
+detectorFindReturnRef=FindReturnRef|true
+detectorSynchronizeOnClassLiteralNotGetClass=SynchronizeOnClassLiteralNotGetClass|true
+detectorFindUselessControlFlow=FindUselessControlFlow|true
+detectorOverridingEqualsNotSymmetrical=OverridingEqualsNotSymmetrical|true
+detectorIDivResultCastToDouble=IDivResultCastToDouble|true
+detectorReadOfInstanceFieldInMethodInvokedByConstructorInSuperclass=ReadOfInstanceFieldInMethodInvokedByConstructorInSuperclass|true
+detectorFindSelfComparison=FindSelfComparison|true
+detectorFindFloatEquality=FindFloatEquality|true
+detectorFindComparatorProblems=FindComparatorProblems|true
+detectorRepeatedConditionals=RepeatedConditionals|true
+filter_settings_neg=NOISE|
+detectorInefficientMemberAccess=InefficientMemberAccess|false
+detectorFindUncalledPrivateMethods=FindUncalledPrivateMethods|true
+detectorNumberConstructor=NumberConstructor|true
+detectorDontAssertInstanceofInTests=DontAssertInstanceofInTests|true
+detectorFindFinalizeInvocations=FindFinalizeInvocations|true
+detectorFindNullDerefsInvolvingNonShortCircuitEvaluation=FindNullDerefsInvolvingNonShortCircuitEvaluation|true
+detectorDontIgnoreResultOfPutIfAbsent=DontIgnoreResultOfPutIfAbsent|true
+detectorFindUnconditionalWait=FindUnconditionalWait|true
+detectorFindTwoLockWait=FindTwoLockWait|true
+detectorFindSleepWithLockHeld=FindSleepWithLockHeld|true
+detectorFindUnreleasedLock=FindUnreleasedLock|true
+detectorInefficientIndexOf=InefficientIndexOf|false
+detectorDoInsideDoPrivileged=DoInsideDoPrivileged|true
+detectorFindEmptySynchronizedBlock=FindEmptySynchronizedBlock|true
+detectorOverridingMethodsMustInvokeSuperDetector=OverridingMethodsMustInvokeSuperDetector|true
+detectorWaitInLoop=WaitInLoop|true
+detectorIntCast2LongAsInstant=IntCast2LongAsInstant|true
+detectorBadUseOfReturnValue=BadUseOfReturnValue|true
+detectorFindSqlInjection=FindSqlInjection|true
+detectorUnreadFields=UnreadFields|true
+detectorSynchronizingOnContentsOfFieldToProtectField=SynchronizingOnContentsOfFieldToProtectField|true
+detectorFindUselessObjects=FindUselessObjects|true
+detectorBadAppletConstructor=BadAppletConstructor|false
+detectorInheritanceUnsafeGetResource=InheritanceUnsafeGetResource|true
+detectorSerializableIdiom=SerializableIdiom|true
+detectorNaming=Naming|true
+detectorNoteUnconditionalParamDerefs=NoteUnconditionalParamDerefs|true
+detectorFormatStringChecker=FormatStringChecker|true
+detectorSuspiciousThreadInterrupted=SuspiciousThreadInterrupted|true
+detectorEmptyZipFileEntry=EmptyZipFileEntry|false
+detectorFindCircularDependencies=FindCircularDependencies|false
+detectorPreferZeroLengthArrays=PreferZeroLengthArrays|true
+detectorAtomicityProblem=AtomicityProblem|true
+detectorRuntimeExceptionCapture=RuntimeExceptionCapture|true
+detectorInitializationChain=InitializationChain|true
+detectorInitializeNonnullFieldsInConstructor=InitializeNonnullFieldsInConstructor|true
+detectorOptionalReturnNull=OptionalReturnNull|true
+detectorStartInConstructor=StartInConstructor|true
+detectorFindUnsatisfiedObligation=FindUnsatisfiedObligation|true
+detectorRedundantConditions=RedundantConditions|true
+effort=default
+detectorRedundantInterfaces=RedundantInterfaces|true
+detectorDuplicateBranches=DuplicateBranches|true
+detectorCheckTypeQualifiers=CheckTypeQualifiers|true
+detectorComparatorIdiom=ComparatorIdiom|true
+detectorFindBadCast2=FindBadCast2|true
+detectorFindMismatchedWaitOrNotify=FindMismatchedWaitOrNotify|true
+excludefilter0=findBugs/FindBugsExcludeFilter.xml|true
+detectorBadResultSetAccess=BadResultSetAccess|true
+detectorIncompatMask=IncompatMask|true
+detectorCovariantArrayAssignment=CovariantArrayAssignment|false
+detectorDumbMethodInvocations=DumbMethodInvocations|true
+run_at_full_build=false
+detectorStaticCalendarDetector=StaticCalendarDetector|true
+detectorUncallableMethodOfAnonymousClass=UncallableMethodOfAnonymousClass|true
+detectorVarArgsProblems=VarArgsProblems|true
+detectorInefficientInitializationInsideLoop=InefficientInitializationInsideLoop|false
+detectorCloneIdiom=CloneIdiom|true
+detectorFindHEmismatch=FindHEmismatch|true
+detectorAppendingToAnObjectOutputStream=AppendingToAnObjectOutputStream|true
+detectorFindSelfComparison2=FindSelfComparison2|true
+detectorLazyInit=LazyInit|true
+detectorFindUnrelatedTypesInGenericContainer=FindUnrelatedTypesInGenericContainer|true
+detectorDontUseEnum=DontUseEnum|true
+detectorFindPuzzlers=FindPuzzlers|true
+detectorCallToUnsupportedMethod=CallToUnsupportedMethod|false
+detectorSuperfluousInstanceOf=SuperfluousInstanceOf|true
+detectorReadReturnShouldBeChecked=ReadReturnShouldBeChecked|true
+detector_threshold=2
+detectorPublicSemaphores=PublicSemaphores|false
+detectorDumbMethods=DumbMethods|true
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/findBugs/FindBugsExcludeFilter.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/findBugs/FindBugsExcludeFilter.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<FindBugsFilter>
+     <!-- We want complete control over clone behavior and
+          don't want to use Object's clone implementation.
+       -->
+     <Match>
+       <Bug pattern="CN_IMPLEMENTS_CLONE_BUT_NOT_CLONEABLE" />
+     </Match>
+</FindBugsFilter>