/**
* Search for a repository in the local path, or the main repository path.
*
* @param path the repository name
* @param localPath a repository to look first
* @return the repository
* @throws IOException if an I/O error occurred
*/
public Repository findRepository(String path, Repository localPath) throws IOException {
// To be consistent, always return absolute repository if path is absolute
// if we make this dependent on whether files exist we introduce a lot of
// vague and undetermined behaviour.
File file = new File(path);
if (file.isAbsolute()) {
return new FileRepository(file);
}
if (localPath != null) {
Repository repository = localPath.getChildRepository(path);
if (repository != null && repository.exists()) {
return repository;
}
}
return config.getRepository(normalizePath(path));
}
