diff --git a/src/net/oschina/git/utils/GitUtil.java b/src/net/oschina/git/utils/GitUtil.java
index 6ae81f0d36d85fcf2fc3050e3e512963e70a92e9..6b2f9deb1ba3e1f366d62670a88ad16fe138686d 100644
--- a/src/net/oschina/git/utils/GitUtil.java
+++ b/src/net/oschina/git/utils/GitUtil.java
@@ -54,10 +54,17 @@ public class GitUtil {
 		return lsCmd.call().toString();
 	}
 
-	public static Repository getRepository(String path) throws IOException {
-		Git git = Git.open(new File(path + "/.git"));
-		return git.getRepository();
-	}
+    public static Repository getRepository(String path) throws IOException {
+        Git git = null;
+        try {
+            git = Git.open(new File(path + "/.git"));
+            return git.getRepository();
+        } finally {
+            if (git != null) {
+                git.close();
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
 	public static void createRepository(String path, String remotePath)
 			throws IllegalStateException, GitAPIException, IOException {