repo-sync - Man Page

repo sync [<project>...]

Summary

Update working tree to the latest revision

-h,  --help

show this help message and exit

-j JOBS, --jobs=JOBS

number of jobs to run in parallel (default: based on number of CPU cores)

--jobs-network=JOBS

number of network jobs to run in parallel (defaults to --jobs or 1)

--jobs-checkout=JOBS

number of local checkout jobs to run in parallel (defaults to --jobs or 8)

-f,  --force-broken

obsolete option (to be deleted in the future)

--fail-fast

stop syncing after first error is hit

--force-sync

overwrite an existing git directory if it needs to point to a different object directory. WARNING: this may cause loss of data

--force-remove-dirty

force remove projects with uncommitted modifications if projects no longer exist in the manifest. WARNING: this may cause loss of data

-l,  --local-only

only update working tree, don't fetch

--no-manifest-update,  --nmu

use the existing manifest checkout as-is. (do not update to the latest revision)

-n,  --network-only

fetch only, don't update working tree

-d,  --detach

detach projects back to manifest revision

-c,  --current-branch

fetch only current branch from server

--no-current-branch

fetch all branches from server

-m NAME.xml, --manifest-name=NAME.xml

temporary manifest to use for this sync

--clone-bundle

enable use of /clone.bundle on HTTP/HTTPS

--no-clone-bundle

disable use of /clone.bundle on HTTP/HTTPS

-u MANIFEST_SERVER_USERNAME, --manifest-server-username=MANIFEST_SERVER_USERNAME

username to authenticate with the manifest server

-p MANIFEST_SERVER_PASSWORD, --manifest-server-password=MANIFEST_SERVER_PASSWORD

password to authenticate with the manifest server

--fetch-submodules

fetch submodules from server

--use-superproject

use the manifest superproject to sync projects; implies -c

--no-use-superproject

disable use of manifest superprojects

--tags

fetch tags

--no-tags

don't fetch tags (default)

--optimized-fetch

only fetch projects fixed to sha1 if revision does not exist locally

--retry-fetches=RETRY_FETCHES

number of times to retry fetches on transient errors

--prune

delete refs that no longer exist on the remote (default)

--no-prune

do not delete refs that no longer exist on the remote

--auto-gc

run garbage collection on all synced projects

--no-auto-gc

do not run garbage collection on any projects (default)

-s,  --smart-sync

smart sync using manifest from the latest known good build

-t SMART_TAG, --smart-tag=SMART_TAG

smart sync using manifest from a known tag

The 'repo sync' command synchronizes local project directories with the remote repositories specified in the manifest. If a local project does not yet exist, it will clone a new local directory from the remote repository and set up tracking branches as specified in the manifest. If the local project already exists, 'repo sync' will update the remote branches and rebase any new local changes on top of the new remote changes.

'repo sync' will synchronize all projects listed at the command line. Projects can be specified either by name, or by a relative or absolute path to the project's local directory. If no projects are specified, 'repo sync' will synchronize all projects listed in the manifest.

The -d/--detach option can be used to switch specified projects back to the manifest revision. This option is especially helpful if the project is currently on a topic branch, but the manifest revision is temporarily needed.

The -s/--smart-sync option can be used to sync to a known good build as specified by the manifest-server element in the current manifest. The -t/--smart-tag option is similar and allows you to specify a custom tag/label.

The -u/--manifest-server-username and -p/--manifest-server-password options can be used to specify a username and password to authenticate with the manifest server when using the -s or -t option.

If -u and -p are not specified when using the -s or -t option, 'repo sync' will attempt to read authentication credentials for the manifest server from the user's .netrc file.

'repo sync' will not use authentication credentials from -u/-p or .netrc if the manifest server specified in the manifest file already includes credentials.

By default, all projects will be synced. The --fail-fast option can be used to halt syncing as soon as possible when the first project fails to sync.

The --force-sync option can be used to overwrite existing git directories if they have previously been linked to a different object directory. WARNING: This may cause data to be lost since refs may be removed when overwriting.

The --force-remove-dirty option can be used to remove previously used projects with uncommitted changes. WARNING: This may cause data to be lost since uncommitted changes may be removed with projects that no longer exist in the manifest.

The --no-clone-bundle option disables any attempt to use $URL/clone.bundle to bootstrap a new Git repository from a resumeable bundle file on a content delivery network. This may be necessary if there are problems with the local Python HTTP client or proxy configuration, but the Git binary works.

The --fetch-submodules option enables fetching Git submodules of a project from server.

The -c/--current-branch option can be used to only fetch objects that are on the branch specified by a project's revision.

The --optimized-fetch option can be used to only fetch projects that are fixed to a sha1 revision if the sha1 revision does not already exist locally.

The --prune option can be used to remove any refs that no longer exist on the remote.

The --auto-gc option can be used to trigger garbage collection on all projects. By default, repo does not run garbage collection.

SSH Connections

If at least one project remote URL uses an SSH connection (ssh://, git+ssh://, or user@host:path syntax) repo will automatically enable the SSH ControlMaster option when connecting to that host. This feature permits other projects in the same 'repo sync' session to reuse the same SSH tunnel, saving connection setup overheads.

To disable this behavior on UNIX platforms, set the GIT_SSH environment variable to 'ssh'. For example:

export GIT_SSH=ssh repo sync

Compatibility

This feature is automatically disabled on Windows, due to the lack of UNIX domain socket support.

This feature is not compatible with url.insteadof rewrites in the user's ~/.gitconfig. 'repo sync' is currently not able to perform the rewrite early enough to establish the ControlMaster tunnel.

If the remote SSH daemon is Gerrit Code Review, version 2.0.10 or later is required to fix a server side protocol bug.