added solution idea comments for issue #8

src/main/java/de/hftstuttgart/dtabackend/utils/JGitUtil.java

@@ -28,10 +28,25 @@ public class JGitUtil {
             FileSystemUtils.deleteRecursively(targetDirectory);
         }
 
+        //create companion checkout dir "targetPath"+"_checkout"
+        File checkoutDirectory = new File(targetPath+"_checkout");
+        if (targetDirectory.exists()) {
+            LOG.debug("clone checkout directory existing yet, deleting now");
+            FileSystemUtils.deleteRecursively(checkoutDirectory);
+        }
+
         try {
+        	//check group(1) for possible directory
+        	//if(!config.group(1).endsWith(".git"))
+        		//cut off the directory part
+        			//pos=instr(".git/")
+        			//cloneURI=config.group(1).substr(1, pos+3)
+        	//else
+        		//cloneURI=config.group(1)
             LOG.debug("preparing clone");
             CloneCommand cloneCommand = Git.cloneRepository()
-                .setDirectory(targetDirectory)
+                .setDirectory(checkoutDirectory)
+                //.setURI(cloneURI)
                 .setURI(config.group(1));
 
             if (!config.group(2).equals("none") && !config.group(3).equals("none")) {
@@ -43,6 +58,13 @@ public class JGitUtil {
             LOG.debug("cloning...");
             cloneCommand.call()
                 .close();
+            
+            //copy appropriate path from checkout directory to target directory
+            //if(!config.group(1).endsWith(".git"))
+            	//copy checkout+config.group(1).substr(pos+4) to target directory
+            //else
+            	//copy checkout directory to target directory directly
+            
         }
         catch (GitAPIException e) {
             LOG.error(String.format("Error while cloning from %s", config.group(1)), e);