diff --git a/agent/src/main/java/com/teamscale/jacoco/agent/commit_resolution/git_properties/CommitInfo.java b/agent/src/main/java/com/teamscale/jacoco/agent/commit_resolution/git_properties/CommitInfo.java
index 165c1733..e71c5043 100644
--- a/agent/src/main/java/com/teamscale/jacoco/agent/commit_resolution/git_properties/CommitInfo.java
+++ b/agent/src/main/java/com/teamscale/jacoco/agent/commit_resolution/git_properties/CommitInfo.java
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ public class CommitInfo {
 	/** The commit descriptor. */
 	public CommitDescriptor commit;
 
+	/**
+	 * If the commit property is set via the <code>teamscale.timestamp</code> property in a git.properties file, this
+	 * should be preferred to the revision. For details see <a
+	 * href="https://cqse.atlassian.net/browse/TS-38561">TS-38561</a>.
+	 */
 	public boolean preferCommitDescriptorOverRevision = false;
 
 	/** Constructor. */
diff --git a/agent/src/main/java/com/teamscale/jacoco/agent/commit_resolution/git_properties/GitPropertiesLocatorUtils.java b/agent/src/main/java/com/teamscale/jacoco/agent/commit_resolution/git_properties/GitPropertiesLocatorUtils.java
index e5f5b6ee..076c3e0b 100644
--- a/agent/src/main/java/com/teamscale/jacoco/agent/commit_resolution/git_properties/GitPropertiesLocatorUtils.java
+++ b/agent/src/main/java/com/teamscale/jacoco/agent/commit_resolution/git_properties/GitPropertiesLocatorUtils.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class GitPropertiesLocatorUtils {
 
 	/**
 	 * You can provide a teamscale timestamp in git.properties files to overwrite the revision. See <a
-	 * href="https://cqse.atlassian.net/browse/TS-38561">...</a>.
+	 * href="https://cqse.atlassian.net/browse/TS-38561">TS-38561</a>.
 	 */
 	static final String GIT_PROPERTIES_TEAMSCALE_TIMESTAMP = "teamscale.timestamp";
 
@@ -65,7 +65,16 @@ public class GitPropertiesLocatorUtils {
 	private static final Pattern NESTED_JAR_REGEX = Pattern.compile("[jwea]ar:file:(.*?)\\*(.*)",
 			Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
 
+	/**
+	 * Defined in <a
+	 * href="https://github.com/git-commit-id/git-commit-id-maven-plugin/blob/ac05b16dfdcc2aebfa45ad3af4acf1254accffa3/src/main/java/pl/project13/maven/git/GitCommitIdMojo.java#L522">GitCommitIdMojo</a>
+	 */
 	private static final String GIT_PROPERTIES_DEFAULT_MAVEN_DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssXXX";
+
+	/**
+	 * Defined in <a
+	 * href="https://github.com/n0mer/gradle-git-properties/blob/bb1c3353bb570495644b6c6c75e211296a8354fc/src/main/groovy/com/gorylenko/GitPropertiesPlugin.groovy#L68">GitPropertiesPlugin</a>
+	 */
 	private static final String GIT_PROPERTIES_DEFAULT_GRADLE_DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ";
 
 	/** File ending of Java archive packages */
@@ -355,7 +364,7 @@ public static CommitInfo getCommitInfoFromGitProperties(
 			long gitTimestamp = 0;
 			try {
 				gitTimestamp = ZonedDateTime.parse(gitTime, dateTimeFormatter).toInstant().toEpochMilli();
-			} catch (Exception e) {
+			} catch (DateTimeParseException e) {
 				throw new InvalidGitPropertiesException(
 						"Could not parse the timestamp in property '" + GIT_PROPERTIES_GIT_COMMIT_TIME + "'." +
 								"\nIn " + entryName + " in " + jarFile + "." +
diff --git a/agent/src/main/java/com/teamscale/jacoco/agent/upload/artifactory/ArtifactoryConfig.java b/agent/src/main/java/com/teamscale/jacoco/agent/upload/artifactory/ArtifactoryConfig.java
index dff9984a..fc4ceb3f 100644
--- a/agent/src/main/java/com/teamscale/jacoco/agent/upload/artifactory/ArtifactoryConfig.java
+++ b/agent/src/main/java/com/teamscale/jacoco/agent/upload/artifactory/ArtifactoryConfig.java
@@ -223,20 +223,4 @@ public static List<CommitInfo> parseGitProperties(File file, boolean isJarFile,
 
 		return result;
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns a value from a git properties file.
-	 */
-	private static String getGitPropertiesValue(Properties gitProperties, String key, String entryName, File jarFile)
-			throws InvalidGitPropertiesException {
-		String value = gitProperties.getProperty(key);
-		if (StringUtils.isEmpty(value)) {
-			throw new InvalidGitPropertiesException("No entry or empty value for '" + key + "' in " + entryName + " in "
-					+ jarFile + "." + "\nContents of " + GitPropertiesLocatorUtils.GIT_PROPERTIES_FILE_NAME + ":\n"
-					+ gitProperties);
-		}
-
-		return value;
-	}
-
 }