private boolean identifyNewDiffResource(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
     throws ServletException {
   try {
     StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
     IOUtilities.pipe(request.getReader(), writer, false, false);
     JSONObject requestObject = new JSONObject(writer.toString());
     URI u = getURI(request);
     IPath p = new Path(u.getPath());
     IPath np = new Path("/"); // $NON-NLS-1$
     for (int i = 0; i < p.segmentCount(); i++) {
       String s = p.segment(i);
       if (i == 2) {
         s += ".."; // $NON-NLS-1$
         s += GitUtils.encode(requestObject.getString(GitConstants.KEY_COMMIT_NEW));
       }
       np = np.append(s);
     }
     if (p.hasTrailingSeparator()) np = np.addTrailingSeparator();
     URI nu =
         new URI(
             u.getScheme(),
             u.getUserInfo(),
             u.getHost(),
             u.getPort(),
             np.toString(),
             u.getQuery(),
             u.getFragment());
     JSONObject result = new JSONObject();
     result.put(ProtocolConstants.KEY_LOCATION, nu.toString());
     OrionServlet.writeJSONResponse(request, response, result);
     response.setHeader(
         ProtocolConstants.HEADER_LOCATION, resovleOrionURI(request, nu).toString());
     return true;
   } catch (Exception e) {
     return statusHandler.handleRequest(
         request,
         response,
         new ServerStatus(
             IStatus.ERROR,
             HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
             "An error occured when identifying a new Diff resource.",
             e));
   }
 }
  @Override
  protected boolean handlePost(RequestInfo requestInfo) throws ServletException {
    String gitSegment = requestInfo.gitSegment;
    HttpServletRequest request = requestInfo.request;
    HttpServletResponse response = requestInfo.response;
    Repository db = requestInfo.db;
    String pattern = requestInfo.relativePath;
    JSONObject requestObject = requestInfo.getJSONRequest();
    try {
      String commitToMerge = requestObject.optString(GitConstants.KEY_MERGE, null);
      if (commitToMerge != null) {
        boolean squash = requestObject.optBoolean(GitConstants.KEY_SQUASH, false);
        return merge(request, response, db, commitToMerge, squash);
      }

      String commitToRebase = requestObject.optString(GitConstants.KEY_REBASE, null);
      String rebaseOperation = requestObject.optString(GitConstants.KEY_OPERATION, null);
      if (commitToRebase != null) {
        return rebase(request, response, db, commitToRebase, rebaseOperation);
      }

      String commitToCherryPick = requestObject.optString(GitConstants.KEY_CHERRY_PICK, null);
      if (commitToCherryPick != null) {
        return cherryPick(request, response, db, commitToCherryPick);
      }

      String commitToRevert = requestObject.optString(GitConstants.KEY_REVERT, null);
      if (commitToRevert != null) {
        return revert(request, response, db, commitToRevert);
      }

      String newCommit = requestObject.optString(GitConstants.KEY_COMMIT_NEW, null);
      if (newCommit != null) return identifyNewCommitResource(request, response, db, newCommit);

      String reviewReqLogin = requestObject.optString(GitConstants.KEY_REVIEW_REQ_NOTIFY_LOGIN);
      if (reviewReqLogin != null && reviewReqLogin.length() != 0) {
        String reviewReqUrl = requestObject.optString(GitConstants.KEY_REVIEW_REQ_URL);
        String ReviewReqCommit = requestObject.optString(GitConstants.KEY_REVIEW_REQ_COMMIT);
        String ReviewReqAuthorName =
            requestObject.optString(GitConstants.KEY_REVIEW_REQ_AUTHOR_NAME);
        String ReviewMessage = requestObject.optString(GitConstants.KEY_REVIEW_REQ_MESSAGE);
        return sendNotification(
            request,
            response,
            db,
            reviewReqLogin,
            ReviewReqCommit,
            reviewReqUrl,
            ReviewReqAuthorName,
            ReviewMessage);
      }

      ObjectId refId = db.resolve(gitSegment);
      if (refId == null || !Constants.HEAD.equals(gitSegment)) {
        String msg = NLS.bind("Commit failed. Ref must be HEAD and is {0}", gitSegment);
        return statusHandler.handleRequest(
            request,
            response,
            new ServerStatus(IStatus.ERROR, HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, msg, null));
      }

      String message = requestObject.optString(GitConstants.KEY_COMMIT_MESSAGE, null);
      if (message == null || message.isEmpty()) {
        return statusHandler.handleRequest(
            request,
            response,
            new ServerStatus(
                IStatus.ERROR,
                HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST,
                "Missing commit message.",
                null));
      }

      Git git = new Git(db);
      CommitCommand cc = git.commit();
      Config config = git.getRepository().getConfig();

      boolean amend =
          Boolean.parseBoolean(requestObject.optString(GitConstants.KEY_COMMIT_AMEND, null));
      boolean insertChangeId =
          GitUtils.isGerrit(config)
              || Boolean.parseBoolean(requestObject.optString(GitConstants.KEY_CHANGE_ID, null));

      String committerName = requestObject.optString(GitConstants.KEY_COMMITTER_NAME, null);
      String committerEmail = requestObject.optString(GitConstants.KEY_COMMITTER_EMAIL, null);
      String authorName = requestObject.optString(GitConstants.KEY_AUTHOR_NAME, null);
      String authorEmail = requestObject.optString(GitConstants.KEY_AUTHOR_EMAIL, null);

      // workaround of a bug in JGit which causes invalid
      // support of null values of author/committer name/email, see bug 352984
      PersonIdent defPersonIdent = new PersonIdent(db);
      if (committerName == null) committerName = defPersonIdent.getName();
      if (committerEmail == null) committerEmail = defPersonIdent.getEmailAddress();
      if (authorName == null) authorName = committerName;
      if (authorEmail == null) authorEmail = committerEmail;
      cc.setCommitter(committerName, committerEmail);
      cc.setAuthor(authorName, authorEmail);
      if (insertChangeId) cc.setInsertChangeId(true);

      // support for committing by path: "git commit -o path"
      if (!pattern.isEmpty()) {
        cc.setOnly(pattern);
      }

      try {
        // "git commit [--amend] -m '{message}' [-a|{path}]"
        RevCommit lastCommit = cc.setAmend(amend).setMessage(message).call();

        URI cloneLocation =
            BaseToCloneConverter.getCloneLocation(
                getURI(request), BaseToCloneConverter.COMMIT_REFRANGE);
        Commit commit = new Commit(cloneLocation, db, lastCommit, pattern);
        JSONObject result = commit.toJSON();
        OrionServlet.writeJSONResponse(
            request, response, result, JsonURIUnqualificationStrategy.ALL_NO_GIT);
        return true;
      } catch (GitAPIException e) {
        return statusHandler.handleRequest(
            request,
            response,
            new ServerStatus(
                IStatus.ERROR,
                HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST,
                "An error occured when commiting.",
                e));
      } catch (UnmergedPathException e) {
        return statusHandler.handleRequest(
            request,
            response,
            new ServerStatus(
                IStatus.ERROR,
                HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
                "An internal error occured when commiting.",
                e));
      }
    } catch (Exception e) {
      return statusHandler.handleRequest(
          request,
          response,
          new ServerStatus(
              IStatus.ERROR,
              HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
              "An error occured when requesting a commit info.",
              e));
    }
  }