question: public static LocalGitRepo fromCurrentDir ( String remoteUrl ) throws ValidationException { Git git ; File gitDir = new File ( "." ) ; try { git = Git . open ( gitDir ) ; } catch ( RepositoryNotFoundException rnfe ) { String fullPathOfCurrentDir = pathOf ( gitDir ) ; File gitRoot = getGitRootIfItExistsInOneOfTheParentDirectories ( new File ( fullPathOfCurrentDir ) ) ; String summary ; List < String > messages = new ArrayList < String > ( ) ; if ( gitRoot == null ) { summary = "Releases can only be performed from Git repositories." ; messages . add ( summary ) ; messages . add ( fullPathOfCurrentDir + " is not a Git repository." ) ; } else { summary = "The release plugin can only be run from the root folder of your Git repository" ; messages . add ( summary ) ; messages . add ( fullPathOfCurrentDir + " is not the root of a Gir repository" ) ; messages . add ( "Try running the release plugin from " + pathOf ( gitRoot ) ) ; } throw new ValidationException ( summary , messages ) ; } catch ( Exception e ) { throw new ValidationException ( "Could not open git repository. Is " + pathOf ( gitDir ) + " a git repository?" , Arrays . asList ( "Exception returned when accessing the git repo:" , e . toString ( ) ) ) ; } return new LocalGitRepo ( git , remoteUrl ) ; }
target:  Uses the current working dir to open the Git repository.