diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.http.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/http/server/ObjectFileServlet.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.http.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/http/server/ObjectFileServlet.java
index 5a27be643..922a98add 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.http.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/http/server/ObjectFileServlet.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.http.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/http/server/ObjectFileServlet.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ String etag(FileSender sender) throws IOException {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private static abstract class PackData extends ObjectFileServlet {
+	private abstract static class PackData extends ObjectFileServlet {
 		private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
 		PackData(String contentType) {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/CleanFilter.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/CleanFilter.java
index 2329ade29..27be4f600 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/CleanFilter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/CleanFilter.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class CleanFilter extends FilterCommand {
 	 * The factory is responsible for creating instances of
 	 * {@link org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.CleanFilter}
 	 */
-	public final static FilterCommandFactory FACTORY = CleanFilter::new;
+	public static final FilterCommandFactory FACTORY = CleanFilter::new;
 
 	/**
 	 * Registers this filter by calling
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/SmudgeFilter.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/SmudgeFilter.java
index 6b30da343..3551ee1c7 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/SmudgeFilter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/SmudgeFilter.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class SmudgeFilter extends FilterCommand {
 	 * The factory is responsible for creating instances of
 	 * {@link org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.SmudgeFilter}
 	 */
-	public final static FilterCommandFactory FACTORY = SmudgeFilter::new;
+	public static final FilterCommandFactory FACTORY = SmudgeFilter::new;
 
 	/**
 	 * Register this filter in JGit
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/debug/DiffAlgorithms.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/debug/DiffAlgorithms.java
index 85a74448f..61cf2abc3 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/debug/DiffAlgorithms.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/debug/DiffAlgorithms.java
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ private static boolean included(String name, List<String> want) {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	private static abstract class Algorithm {
+	private abstract static class Algorithm {
 		String name;
 
 		abstract DiffAlgorithm create();
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/debug/TextHashFunctions.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/debug/TextHashFunctions.java
index 1242bb754..73ea2a006 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/debug/TextHashFunctions.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/debug/TextHashFunctions.java
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ private static class Function {
 	}
 
 	/** Base class for any hashCode function to be tested. */
-	private static abstract class Hash extends RawTextComparator {
+	private abstract static class Hash extends RawTextComparator {
 		String name;
 
 		@Override
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ public boolean equals(RawText a, int ai, RawText b, int bi) {
 	}
 
 	/** Base class for any hashCode folding function to be tested. */
-	private static abstract class Fold {
+	private abstract static class Fold {
 		String name;
 
 		/**
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/exttst/org/eclipse/jgit/patch/EGitPatchHistoryTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/exttst/org/eclipse/jgit/patch/EGitPatchHistoryTest.java
index f597f2fe3..6a006e289 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/exttst/org/eclipse/jgit/patch/EGitPatchHistoryTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/exttst/org/eclipse/jgit/patch/EGitPatchHistoryTest.java
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void onCommit(String commitId, byte[] buf) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	static abstract class CommitReader {
+	abstract static class CommitReader {
 		private Process proc;
 
 		CommitReader(String[] args) throws IOException {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GcOrphanFilesTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GcOrphanFilesTest.java
index 79d72c56d..78b830e64 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GcOrphanFilesTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GcOrphanFilesTest.java
@@ -53,17 +53,17 @@
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class GcOrphanFilesTest extends GcTestCase {
-	private final static String PACK = "pack";
+	private static final String PACK = "pack";
 
-	private final static String BITMAP_File_1 = PACK + "-1.bitmap";
+	private static final String BITMAP_File_1 = PACK + "-1.bitmap";
 
-	private final static String IDX_File_2 = PACK + "-2.idx";
+	private static final String IDX_File_2 = PACK + "-2.idx";
 
-	private final static String IDX_File_malformed = PACK + "-1234idx";
+	private static final String IDX_File_malformed = PACK + "-1234idx";
 
-	private final static String PACK_File_2 = PACK + "-2.pack";
+	private static final String PACK_File_2 = PACK + "-2.pack";
 
-	private final static String PACK_File_3 = PACK + "-3.pack";
+	private static final String PACK_File_3 = PACK + "-3.pack";
 
 	private File packDir;
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/util/GitDateParserBadlyFormattedTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/util/GitDateParserBadlyFormattedTest.java
index a6af3a514..57d2c5edd 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/util/GitDateParserBadlyFormattedTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/util/GitDateParserBadlyFormattedTest.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public GitDateParserBadlyFormattedTest(String dateStr) {
 	}
 
 	@DataPoints
-	static public String[] getDataPoints() {
+	public static String[] getDataPoints() {
 		return new String[] { "", "1970", "3000.3000.3000", "3 yesterday ago",
 				"now yesterday ago", "yesterdays", "3.day. 2.week.ago",
 				"day ago", "Gra Feb 21 15:35:00 2007 +0100",
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/PullCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/PullCommand.java
index 834b68d6d..ea3e2d9f8 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/PullCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/PullCommand.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
  */
 public class PullCommand extends TransportCommand<PullCommand, PullResult> {
 
-	private final static String DOT = "."; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	private static final String DOT = "."; //$NON-NLS-1$
 
 	private ProgressMonitor monitor = NullProgressMonitor.INSTANCE;
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/errors/TranslationBundleException.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/errors/TranslationBundleException.java
index 70760f36b..6d18c7c51 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/errors/TranslationBundleException.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/errors/TranslationBundleException.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ protected TranslationBundleException(String message, Class bundleClass, Locale l
 	 *
 	 * @return bundle class for which the exception occurred
 	 */
-	final public Class getBundleClass() {
+	public final Class getBundleClass() {
 		return bundleClass;
 	}
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ final public Class getBundleClass() {
 	 *
 	 * @return locale for which the exception occurred
 	 */
-	final public Locale getLocale() {
+	public final Locale getLocale() {
 		return locale;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/FastIgnoreRule.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/FastIgnoreRule.java
index 31e173bf2..4bc926ae1 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/FastIgnoreRule.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/FastIgnoreRule.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
  * @since 3.6
  */
 public class FastIgnoreRule {
-	private final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory
+	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory
 			.getLogger(FastIgnoreRule.class);
 
 	/**
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/internal/Strings.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/internal/Strings.java
index d9f4f5ae3..132109b6c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/internal/Strings.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/internal/Strings.java
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ enum PatternState {
 		LEADING_ASTERISK_ONLY, TRAILING_ASTERISK_ONLY, COMPLEX, NONE
 	}
 
-	final static List<String> POSIX_CHAR_CLASSES = Arrays.asList(
+	static final List<String> POSIX_CHAR_CLASSES = Arrays.asList(
 			"alnum", "alpha", "blank", "cntrl", //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$ //$NON-NLS-4$
 			// [:alnum:] [:alpha:] [:blank:] [:cntrl:]
 			"digit", "graph", "lower", "print", //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$ //$NON-NLS-4$
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ enum PatternState {
 
 	private static final String DL = "\\p{javaDigit}\\p{javaLetter}"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 
-	final static List<String> JAVA_CHAR_CLASSES = Arrays
+	static final List<String> JAVA_CHAR_CLASSES = Arrays
 			.asList("\\p{Alnum}", "\\p{javaLetter}", "\\p{Blank}", "\\p{Cntrl}", //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$ //$NON-NLS-4$
 					// [:alnum:] [:alpha:] [:blank:] [:cntrl:]
 					"\\p{javaDigit}", "[\\p{Graph}" + DL + "]", "\\p{Ll}", "[\\p{Print}" + DL + "]", //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$ //$NON-NLS-4$ //$NON-NLS-5$ //$NON-NLS-6$
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ enum PatternState {
 
 	// Collating symbols [[.a.]] or equivalence class expressions [[=a=]] are
 	// not supported by CLI git (at least not by 1.9.1)
-	final static Pattern UNSUPPORTED = Pattern
+	static final Pattern UNSUPPORTED = Pattern
 			.compile("\\[\\[[.=]\\w+[.=]\\]\\]"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 
 	/**
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsObjDatabase.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsObjDatabase.java
index df1729cde..0ee8135fa 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsObjDatabase.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsObjDatabase.java
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ public void close() {
 	}
 
 	/** Snapshot of packs scanned in a single pass. */
-	public static abstract class PackList {
+	public abstract static class PackList {
 		/** All known packs, sorted. */
 		public final DfsPackFile[] packs;
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GC.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GC.java
index 79ba4a1b0..0619dfd83 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GC.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GC.java
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
  * adapted to FileRepositories.
  */
 public class GC {
-	private final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory
+	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory
 			.getLogger(GC.class);
 
 	private static final String PRUNE_EXPIRE_DEFAULT = "2.weeks.ago"; //$NON-NLS-1$
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/LockFile.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/LockFile.java
index 6af41256d..6bcd7c070 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/LockFile.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/LockFile.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
  * name.
  */
 public class LockFile {
-	private final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LockFile.class);
+	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LockFile.class);
 
 	/**
 	 * Unlock the given file.
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectory.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectory.java
index 968ade670..b4cad35dd 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectory.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectory.java
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
  * considered.
  */
 public class ObjectDirectory extends FileObjectDatabase {
-	private final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory
+	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory
 			.getLogger(ObjectDirectory.class);
 
 	private static final PackList NO_PACKS = new PackList(
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/PackFile.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/PackFile.java
index 9b9c3a7de..f096908eb 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/PackFile.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/PackFile.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
  * objects are similar.
  */
 public class PackFile implements Iterable<PackIndex.MutableEntry> {
-	private final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PackFile.class);
+	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PackFile.class);
 	/** Sorts PackFiles to be most recently created to least recently created. */
 	public static final Comparator<PackFile> SORT = new Comparator<PackFile>() {
 		@Override
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/RefDirectory.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/RefDirectory.java
index 7733df15f..0cec5a483 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/RefDirectory.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/RefDirectory.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
  * overall size of a Git repository on disk.
  */
 public class RefDirectory extends RefDatabase {
-	private final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory
+	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory
 			.getLogger(RefDirectory.class);
 
 	/** Magic string denoting the start of a symbolic reference file. */
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@ private static interface LooseRef extends Ref {
 		LooseRef peel(ObjectIdRef newLeaf);
 	}
 
-	private final static class LoosePeeledTag extends ObjectIdRef.PeeledTag
+	private static final class LoosePeeledTag extends ObjectIdRef.PeeledTag
 			implements LooseRef {
 		private final FileSnapshot snapShot;
 
@@ -1427,7 +1427,7 @@ public LooseRef peel(ObjectIdRef newLeaf) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private final static class LooseNonTag extends ObjectIdRef.PeeledNonTag
+	private static final class LooseNonTag extends ObjectIdRef.PeeledNonTag
 			implements LooseRef {
 		private final FileSnapshot snapShot;
 
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ public LooseRef peel(ObjectIdRef newLeaf) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private final static class LooseUnpeeled extends ObjectIdRef.Unpeeled
+	private static final class LooseUnpeeled extends ObjectIdRef.Unpeeled
 			implements LooseRef {
 		private FileSnapshot snapShot;
 
@@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@ public LooseRef peel(ObjectIdRef newLeaf) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private final static class LooseSymbolicRef extends SymbolicRef implements
+	private static final class LooseSymbolicRef extends SymbolicRef implements
 			LooseRef {
 		private final FileSnapshot snapShot;
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/pack/PackExt.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/pack/PackExt.java
index 292fd368c..b4143c900 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/pack/PackExt.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/pack/PackExt.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public static PackExt[] values() {
 	 *            the file extension.
 	 * @return the PackExt for the ext
 	 */
-	public synchronized static PackExt newPackExt(String ext) {
+	public static synchronized PackExt newPackExt(String ext) {
 		PackExt[] dst = new PackExt[VALUES.length + 1];
 		for (int i = 0; i < VALUES.length; i++) {
 			PackExt packExt = VALUES[i];
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/reftable/BlockWriter.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/reftable/BlockWriter.java
index b3173e838..1ed180167 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/reftable/BlockWriter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/reftable/BlockWriter.java
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static int compare(
 		return aLen - bLen;
 	}
 
-	static abstract class Entry {
+	abstract static class Entry {
 		static int compare(Entry ea, Entry eb) {
 			byte[] a = ea.key;
 			byte[] b = eb.key;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/reftable/ReftableDatabase.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/reftable/ReftableDatabase.java
index c08f1814d..696347e8f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/reftable/ReftableDatabase.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/reftable/ReftableDatabase.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public abstract class ReftableDatabase {
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 *             on I/O problems.
 	 */
-	abstract protected MergedReftable openMergedReftable() throws IOException;
+	protected abstract MergedReftable openMergedReftable() throws IOException;
 
 	/**
 	 * @return the next available logical timestamp for an additional reftable
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/IndexDiff.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/IndexDiff.java
index eb13bba87..cbb3e5490 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/IndexDiff.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/IndexDiff.java
@@ -243,11 +243,11 @@ public TreeFilter clone() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private final static int TREE = 0;
+	private static final int TREE = 0;
 
-	private final static int INDEX = 1;
+	private static final int INDEX = 1;
 
-	private final static int WORKDIR = 2;
+	private static final int WORKDIR = 2;
 
 	private final Repository repository;
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/InflaterCache.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/InflaterCache.java
index dd0f18e16..314bde2c8 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/InflaterCache.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/InflaterCache.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public static Inflater get() {
 		return r != null ? r : new Inflater(false);
 	}
 
-	private synchronized static Inflater getImpl() {
+	private static synchronized Inflater getImpl() {
 		if (openInflaterCount > 0) {
 			final Inflater r = inflaterCache[--openInflaterCount];
 			inflaterCache[openInflaterCount] = null;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectIdOwnerMap.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectIdOwnerMap.java
index 74c712c46..8730d66ec 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectIdOwnerMap.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectIdOwnerMap.java
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ private static final boolean equals(AnyObjectId firstObjectId,
 	}
 
 	/** Type of entry stored in the {@link ObjectIdOwnerMap}. */
-	public static abstract class Entry extends ObjectId {
+	public abstract static class Entry extends ObjectId {
 		transient Entry next;
 
 		/**
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectInserter.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectInserter.java
index 77fa1b234..edbb4b1c8 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectInserter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectInserter.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public void close() {
 	}
 
 	/** Wraps a delegate ObjectInserter. */
-	public static abstract class Filter extends ObjectInserter {
+	public abstract static class Filter extends ObjectInserter {
 		/** @return delegate ObjectInserter to handle all processing. */
 		protected abstract ObjectInserter delegate();
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectLoader.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectLoader.java
index 2e52f031c..b4734210f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectLoader.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectLoader.java
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ public ObjectStream openStream() {
 	 *
 	 * @since 4.10
 	 */
-	public static abstract class Filter extends ObjectLoader {
+	public abstract static class Filter extends ObjectLoader {
 		/**
 		 * @return delegate ObjectLoader to handle all processing.
 		 * @since 4.10
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectReader.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectReader.java
index e14fb102b..6d544670b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectReader.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectReader.java
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ public int getStreamFileThreshold() {
 	 *
 	 * @since 4.4
 	 */
-	public static abstract class Filter extends ObjectReader {
+	public abstract static class Filter extends ObjectReader {
 		/**
 		 * @return delegate ObjectReader to handle all processing.
 		 * @since 4.4
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RebaseTodoLine.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RebaseTodoLine.java
index 2ffa65c05..f893fd1bf 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RebaseTodoLine.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RebaseTodoLine.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public String toString() {
 		 * @param token
 		 * @return the Action
 		 */
-		static public Action parse(String token) {
+		public static Action parse(String token) {
 			for (Action action : Action.values()) {
 				if (action.token.equals(token)
 						|| action.shortToken.equals(token))
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RefUpdate.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RefUpdate.java
index 9ccd3ed1f..eb5e13954 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RefUpdate.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RefUpdate.java
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ private static RevObject safeParseOld(RevWalk rw, AnyObjectId oldId)
 	 * Handle the abstraction of storing a ref update. This is because both
 	 * updating and deleting of a ref have merge testing in common.
 	 */
-	private static abstract class Store {
+	private abstract static class Store {
 		abstract Result execute(Result status) throws IOException;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RepositoryCache.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RepositoryCache.java
index fc74f5324..5a6063e9a 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RepositoryCache.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RepositoryCache.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
  * Cache of active {@link org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository} instances.
  */
 public class RepositoryCache {
-	private final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory
+	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory
 			.getLogger(RepositoryCache.class);
 
 	private static final RepositoryCache cache = new RepositoryCache();
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/MergeAlgorithm.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/MergeAlgorithm.java
index a77cb4ffb..3ff38dc33 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/MergeAlgorithm.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/MergeAlgorithm.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public MergeAlgorithm(DiffAlgorithm diff) {
 
 	// An special edit which acts as a sentinel value by marking the end the
 	// list of edits
-	private final static Edit END_EDIT = new Edit(Integer.MAX_VALUE,
+	private static final Edit END_EDIT = new Edit(Integer.MAX_VALUE,
 			Integer.MAX_VALUE);
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/nls/NLS.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/nls/NLS.java
index 375cd3204..d9fb1b3a0 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/nls/NLS.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/nls/NLS.java
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ public static <T extends TranslationBundle> T getBundleFor(Class<T> type) {
 		return b.get(type);
 	}
 
-	final private Locale locale;
-	final private ConcurrentHashMap<Class, TranslationBundle> map = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+	private final Locale locale;
+	private final ConcurrentHashMap<Class, TranslationBundle> map = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
 	private NLS(Locale locale) {
 		this.locale = locale;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/patch/CombinedHunkHeader.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/patch/CombinedHunkHeader.java
index 74eec8120..244f80483 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/patch/CombinedHunkHeader.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/patch/CombinedHunkHeader.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
  * Hunk header for a hunk appearing in a "diff --cc" style patch.
  */
 public class CombinedHunkHeader extends HunkHeader {
-	private static abstract class CombinedOldImage extends OldImage {
+	private abstract static class CombinedOldImage extends OldImage {
 		int nContext;
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/file/FileBasedConfig.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/file/FileBasedConfig.java
index 5bb8153a5..f1ff9e6ba 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/file/FileBasedConfig.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/file/FileBasedConfig.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
  * The configuration file that is stored in the file of the file system.
  */
 public class FileBasedConfig extends StoredConfig {
-	private final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory
+	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory
 			.getLogger(FileBasedConfig.class);
 
 	private final File configFile;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ReceivePack.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ReceivePack.java
index 16fbbd42f..fab9890c7 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ReceivePack.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ReceivePack.java
@@ -2003,7 +2003,7 @@ private void release() throws IOException {
 	}
 
 	/** Interface for reporting status messages. */
-	static abstract class Reporter {
+	abstract static class Reporter {
 		abstract void sendString(String s) throws IOException;
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/WalkEncryption.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/WalkEncryption.java
index 7a973aff3..fb8a55f1b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/WalkEncryption.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/WalkEncryption.java
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static GeneralSecurityException securityError(String message) {
 	 * Base implementation of JGit symmetric encryption. Supports V2 properties
 	 * format.
 	 */
-	static abstract class SymmetricEncryption extends WalkEncryption
+	abstract static class SymmetricEncryption extends WalkEncryption
 			implements Keys, Vals {
 
 		/** Encryption profile, root name of group of related properties. */
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/FileTreeIterator.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/FileTreeIterator.java
index 6969ae45a..5f5da5877 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/FileTreeIterator.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/FileTreeIterator.java
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ public static class DefaultFileModeStrategy implements FileModeStrategy {
 		/**
 		 * a singleton instance of the default FileModeStrategy
 		 */
-		public final static DefaultFileModeStrategy INSTANCE =
+		public static final DefaultFileModeStrategy INSTANCE =
 				new DefaultFileModeStrategy();
 
 		@Override
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ public static class NoGitlinksStrategy implements FileModeStrategy {
 		/**
 		 * a singleton instance of the default FileModeStrategy
 		 */
-		public final static NoGitlinksStrategy INSTANCE = new NoGitlinksStrategy();
+		public static final NoGitlinksStrategy INSTANCE = new NoGitlinksStrategy();
 
 		@Override
 		public FileMode getMode(File f, FS.Attributes attributes) {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/WorkingTreeIterator.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/WorkingTreeIterator.java
index 88b76f712..7f2d5365a 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/WorkingTreeIterator.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/WorkingTreeIterator.java
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ private byte[] computeHash(InputStream in, long length) throws IOException {
 	 *
 	 * @since 5.0
 	 */
-	public static abstract class Entry {
+	public abstract static class Entry {
 		byte[] encodedName;
 
 		int encodedNameLen;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/Base64.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/Base64.java
index 69f854745..119c96e02 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/Base64.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/Base64.java
@@ -28,26 +28,26 @@
  */
 public class Base64 {
 	/** The equals sign (=) as a byte. */
-	private final static byte EQUALS_SIGN = (byte) '=';
+	private static final byte EQUALS_SIGN = (byte) '=';
 
 	/** Indicates equals sign in encoding. */
-	private final static byte EQUALS_SIGN_DEC = -1;
+	private static final byte EQUALS_SIGN_DEC = -1;
 
 	/** Indicates white space in encoding. */
-	private final static byte WHITE_SPACE_DEC = -2;
+	private static final byte WHITE_SPACE_DEC = -2;
 
 	/** Indicates an invalid byte during decoding. */
-	private final static byte INVALID_DEC = -3;
+	private static final byte INVALID_DEC = -3;
 
 	/** The 64 valid Base64 values. */
-	private final static byte[] ENC;
+	private static final byte[] ENC;
 
 	/**
 	 * Translates a Base64 value to either its 6-bit reconstruction value or a
 	 * negative number indicating some other meaning. The table is only 7 bits
 	 * wide, as the 8th bit is discarded during decoding.
 	 */
-	private final static byte[] DEC;
+	private static final byte[] DEC;
 
 	static {
 		ENC = ("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" // //$NON-NLS-1$
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS.java
index b6c88503b..b2fba51d6 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS.java
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public int getRc() {
 	 *
 	 * @since 5.1.9
 	 */
-	public final static class FileStoreAttributes {
+	public static final class FileStoreAttributes {
 
 		private static final Duration UNDEFINED_DURATION = Duration
 				.ofNanos(Long.MAX_VALUE);
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ public String toString() {
 	/** The auto-detected implementation selected for this operating system and JRE. */
 	public static final FS DETECTED = detect();
 
-	private volatile static FSFactory factory;
+	private static volatile FSFactory factory;
 
 	/**
 	 * Auto-detect the appropriate file system abstraction.
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_POSIX.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_POSIX.java
index 5c2d8277c..79c095fc1 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_POSIX.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_POSIX.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
  * @since 3.0
  */
 public class FS_POSIX extends FS {
-	private final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FS_POSIX.class);
+	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FS_POSIX.class);
 
 	private static final int DEFAULT_UMASK = 0022;
 	private volatile int umask = -1;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_Win32.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_Win32.java
index 1e64a38bb..aedf43c9e 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_Win32.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_Win32.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
  * @since 3.0
  */
 public class FS_Win32 extends FS {
-	private final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FS_Win32.class);
+	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FS_Win32.class);
 
 	/**
 	 * Constructor
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_Win32_Cygwin.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_Win32_Cygwin.java
index ac3248cb6..10be26f79 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_Win32_Cygwin.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/FS_Win32_Cygwin.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
  * @since 3.0
  */
 public class FS_Win32_Cygwin extends FS_Win32 {
-	private final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory
+	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory
 			.getLogger(FS_Win32_Cygwin.class);
 
 	private static String cygpath;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/Monitoring.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/Monitoring.java
index 83bf695f7..cd2a8e672 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/Monitoring.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/Monitoring.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  * @since 5.1.13
  */
 public class Monitoring {
-	private final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Monitoring.class);
+	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Monitoring.class);
 
 	/**
 	 * Register a MBean with the platform MBean server
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/RelativeDateFormatter.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/RelativeDateFormatter.java
index 83c60c63b..55f39c265 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/RelativeDateFormatter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/RelativeDateFormatter.java
@@ -52,19 +52,19 @@
  * in the format defined by {@code git log --relative-date}.
  */
 public class RelativeDateFormatter {
-	final static long SECOND_IN_MILLIS = 1000;
+	static final long SECOND_IN_MILLIS = 1000;
 
-	final static long MINUTE_IN_MILLIS = 60 * SECOND_IN_MILLIS;
+	static final long MINUTE_IN_MILLIS = 60 * SECOND_IN_MILLIS;
 
-	final static long HOUR_IN_MILLIS = 60 * MINUTE_IN_MILLIS;
+	static final long HOUR_IN_MILLIS = 60 * MINUTE_IN_MILLIS;
 
-	final static long DAY_IN_MILLIS = 24 * HOUR_IN_MILLIS;
+	static final long DAY_IN_MILLIS = 24 * HOUR_IN_MILLIS;
 
-	final static long WEEK_IN_MILLIS = 7 * DAY_IN_MILLIS;
+	static final long WEEK_IN_MILLIS = 7 * DAY_IN_MILLIS;
 
-	final static long MONTH_IN_MILLIS = 30 * DAY_IN_MILLIS;
+	static final long MONTH_IN_MILLIS = 30 * DAY_IN_MILLIS;
 
-	final static long YEAR_IN_MILLIS = 365 * DAY_IN_MILLIS;
+	static final long YEAR_IN_MILLIS = 365 * DAY_IN_MILLIS;
 
 	/**
 	 * Get age of given {@link java.util.Date} compared to now formatted in the
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/SystemReader.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/SystemReader.java
index e16a88655..87ce4752b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/SystemReader.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/SystemReader.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
  */
 public abstract class SystemReader {
 
-	private final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory
+	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory
 			.getLogger(SystemReader.class);
 
 	private static final SystemReader DEFAULT;