NAME¶

SYNOPSIS¶

DESCRIPTION¶

Initialize repo in the current directory

OPTIONS¶

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

Logging options:

-v, --verbose

show all output

-q, --quiet

only show errors

Manifest options:

-u URL, --manifest-url=URL

manifest repository location

-b REVISION, --manifest-branch=REVISION

manifest branch or revision

-c, --current-branch

fetch only current manifest branch from server

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

initial manifest file

--mirror

create a replica of the remote repositories rather than a client working directory

--reference=DIR

location of mirror directory

--dissociate

dissociate from reference mirrors after clone

--depth=DEPTH

create a shallow clone with given depth; see git clone

--partial-clone

perform partial clone (https://gitscm.com/docs/gitrepositorylayout#_code_partialclone_code)

--clone-filter=CLONE_FILTER

filter for use with --partial-clone [default: blob:none]

--archive

checkout an archive instead of a git repository for each project. See git archive.

--submodules

sync any submodules associated with the manifest repo

-g GROUP, --groups=GROUP

restrict manifest projects to ones with specified group(s) [default|all|G1,G2,G3|G4,-G5,-G6]

-p PLATFORM, --platform=PLATFORM

restrict manifest projects to ones with a specified platform group [auto|all|none|linux|darwin|...]

--clone-bundle

force use of /clone.bundle on HTTP/HTTPS (default if not --partial-clone)

--no-clone-bundle

disable use of /clone.bundle on HTTP/HTTPS (default if --partial-clone)

--no-tags

don't fetch tags in the manifest

repo Version options:

--repo-url=URL

repo repository location

--repo-rev=REV

repo branch or revision

--no-repo-verify

do not verify repo source code

Other options:

--config-name

Always prompt for name/e-mail

Run `repo help init` to view the detailed manual.

Description

The 'repo init' command is run once to install and initialize repo. The latest repo source code and manifest collection is downloaded from the server and is installed in the .repo/ directory in the current working directory.

The optional -b argument can be used to select the manifest branch to checkout and use. If no branch is specified, the remote's default branch is used.

The optional -m argument can be used to specify an alternate manifest to be used. If no manifest is specified, the manifest default.xml will be used.

The --reference option can be used to point to a directory that has the content of a --mirror sync. This will make the working directory use as much data as possible from the local reference directory when fetching from the server. This will make the sync go a lot faster by reducing data traffic on the network.

The --dissociate option can be used to borrow the objects from the directory specified with the --reference option only to reduce network transfer, and stop borrowing from them after a first clone is made by making necessary local copies of borrowed objects.

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.

Switching Manifest Branches

To switch to another manifest branch, `repo init -b otherbranch` may be used in an existing client. However, as this only updates the manifest, a subsequent `repo sync` (or `repo sync -d`) is necessary to update the working directory files.