private boolean isModified(String path) throws CorruptObjectException, IOException { NameConflictTreeWalk tw = new NameConflictTreeWalk(repo); tw.addTree(new DirCacheIterator(dc)); tw.addTree(new FileTreeIterator(repo)); tw.setRecursive(true); tw.setFilter(PathFilter.create(path)); DirCacheIterator dcIt; WorkingTreeIterator wtIt; while (tw.next()) { dcIt = tw.getTree(0, DirCacheIterator.class); wtIt = tw.getTree(1, WorkingTreeIterator.class); if (dcIt == null || wtIt == null) return true; if (wtIt.isModified(dcIt.getDirCacheEntry(), true)) { return true; } } return false; }