diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
index b57e395d26..1ab92e7708 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.http.server</artifactId>
       <version>${jgit.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>sonia.jgit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit.java7</artifactId>
+      <version>${jgit.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitUtil.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitUtil.java
index 6fe3211ca8..114326834e 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitUtil.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitUtil.java
@@ -198,8 +198,6 @@ public final class GitUtil
    *
    * @return
    *
-   * @throws GitAPIException
-   *
    * @throws RepositoryException
    */
   public static FetchResult fetch(Git git, File directory,
@@ -376,7 +374,7 @@ public final class GitUtil
       }
 
     }
-    catch (Exception ex)
+    catch (IOException ex)
     {
       logger.warn("error occured during resolve of branch id", ex);
     }
@@ -582,7 +580,7 @@ public final class GitUtil
     String revision)
     throws IOException
   {
-    ObjectId revId = null;
+    ObjectId revId;
 
     if (Util.isNotEmpty(revision))
     {
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/AbstractGitCommand.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/AbstractGitCommand.java
index dc26777f65..9bf825c0e2 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/AbstractGitCommand.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/AbstractGitCommand.java
@@ -51,10 +51,8 @@ public class AbstractGitCommand
    * Constructs ...
    *
    *
-   *
    * @param context
    * @param repository
-   * @param repositoryDirectory
    */
   protected AbstractGitCommand(GitContext context,
                                sonia.scm.repository.Repository repository)
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitContext.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitContext.java
index b003395e5a..2175846d5a 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitContext.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitContext.java
@@ -80,10 +80,7 @@ public class GitContext implements Closeable
   @Override
   public void close()
   {
-    if (logger.isTraceEnabled())
-    {
-      logger.trace("close git repository {}", directory);
-    }
+    logger.trace("close git repository {}", directory);
 
     GitUtil.close(repository);
     repository = null;
@@ -101,10 +98,7 @@ public class GitContext implements Closeable
   {
     if (repository == null)
     {
-      if (logger.isTraceEnabled())
-      {
-        logger.trace("open git repository {}", directory);
-      }
+      logger.trace("open git repository {}", directory);
 
       repository = GitUtil.open(directory);
     }
@@ -115,7 +109,7 @@ public class GitContext implements Closeable
   //~--- fields ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
   /** Field description */
-  private File directory;
+  private final File directory;
 
   /** Field description */
   private org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository repository;
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitUtilTest.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitUtilTest.java
index 9eed5602f0..c34da3f738 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitUtilTest.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitUtilTest.java
@@ -30,11 +30,21 @@
  */
 
 
+
 package sonia.scm.repository;
 
 //~--- non-JDK imports --------------------------------------------------------
 
+import org.eclipse.jgit.api.Git;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.GitAPIException;
+
+import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
@@ -81,6 +91,25 @@ public class GitUtilTest
     GitUtil.checkBranchName(repo, GitUtil.REF_HEAD_PREFIX.concat("develop"));
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @throws GitAPIException
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testOpenJava7() throws GitAPIException, IOException
+  {
+    File dir = temp.newFolder();
+
+    Git.init().setDirectory(dir).setBare(true).call();
+
+    org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository repo = GitUtil.open(dir);
+
+    assertThat(repo.getFS().getClass().getName(), containsString("Java7"));
+  }
+
   /**
    * Method description
    *
@@ -98,4 +127,10 @@ public class GitUtilTest
 
     return repo;
   }
+
+  //~--- fields ---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  /** Field description */
+  @Rule
+  public TemporaryFolder temp = new TemporaryFolder();
 }