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--- how_to_use_google_repo [2020/04/14 15:35] – [The two versions of repo] rpjday
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   * [[https://www.automotivelinux.org/|AGL home page]]
     * [[https://wiki.automotivelinux.org/start|AGL wiki]]
+===== TO DO =====
+  * Discuss cloning just manifest repo.
+===== Commands =====
+==== repo help ====
+<code>
+  abandon        Permanently abandon a development branch
+  branch         View current topic branches
+  branches       View current topic branches
+  checkout       Checkout a branch for development
+  cherry-pick    Cherry-pick a change.
+  diff           Show changes between commit and working tree
+  diffmanifests  Manifest diff utility
+  download       Download and checkout a change
+  gitc-delete    Delete a GITC Client.
+  gitc-init      Initialize a GITC Client.
+  grep           Print lines matching a pattern
+  info           Get info on the manifest branch, current branch or unmerged branches
+  init           Initialize repo in the current directory
+  list           List projects and their associated directories
+  overview       Display overview of unmerged project branches
+  prune          Prune (delete) already merged topics
+  rebase         Rebase local branches on upstream branch
+  smartsync      Update working tree to the latest known good revision
+  stage          Stage file(s) for commit
+  start          Start a new branch for development
+  status         Show the working tree status
+  sync           Update working tree to the latest revision
+  upload         Upload changes for code review
+</code>
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 ===== Installing "repo" launcher tool =====
-Install the ''repo'' launcher tool in your personal ''~/bin'' directory:
+As explained above, install the launcher tool version of ''repo'' in any directory that is on your search path, such as:
 <code>
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 </code>
-Note well that this is not the ''repo'' command itself; rather, it is the //launcher tool// that will, every time you initialize a new repo directory, copy the //actual// ''repo'' command into that new directory.
+Once again, this is not the full version of the command; its job is to simply initialize new repositories when you run ''repo init'', then in each of those repositories install the //full// version of the command, which will be used from then on.
-Do not confuse these two things; that is a common misunderstanding.
 ===== Initializing a repo repository =====
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 <code>
-$ mkdir repo_dir
+$ mkdir agl_dir
-$ cd repo_dir
+$ cd agl_dir
 </code>