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Mike Frysinger 2a089cfee4 project: migrate worktree .git/ dirs to symlinks
Historically we created a .git/ subdir in each source checkout and
symlinked individual files to the .repo/projects/ paths.  This layer
of indirection isn't actually needed: the .repo/projects/ paths are
guaranteed to only ever have a 1-to-1 mapping with the actual git
checkout.  So we don't need to worry about having files in .git/ be
isolated.

To that end, change how we manage the actual project checkouts from
a dir full of symlinks (and a few files) to a symlink to the internal
.repo/projects/ dir.  This makes the code simpler & faster.

The directory structure we have today is:
.repo/
  project-objects/chromiumos/third_party/kernel.git/
    <paths omitted as not relevant to this change>
  projects/src/third_party/kernel/
    v3.8.git/
      config
      description   -> …/project-objects/…/config
      FETCH_HEAD
      HEAD
      hooks/        -> …/project-objects/…/hooks/
      info/         -> …/project-objects/…/info/
      logs/
      objects/      -> …/project-objects/…/objects/
      packed-refs
      refs/
      rr-cache/     -> …/project-objects/…/rr-cache/
src/third_party/kernel/
  v3.8/
    .git/
      config        -> …/projects/…/v3.8.git/config
      description   -> …/project-objects/…/v3.8.git/description
      HEAD
      hooks/        -> …/project-objects/…/v3.8.git/hooks/
      index
      info/         -> …/project-objects/…/v3.8.git/info/
      logs/         -> …/projects/…/v3.8.git/logs/
      objects/      -> …/project-objects/…/v3.8.git/objects/
      packed-refs   -> …/projects/…/v3.8.git/packed-refs
      refs/         -> …/projects/…/v3.8.git/refs/
      rr-cache/     -> …/project-objects/…/v3.8.git/rr-cache/

The directory structure we have after this commit:
.repo/
  <nothing changes>
src/third_party/kernel/
  v3.8/
    .git            -> …/projects/…/v3.8.git

Bug: https://crbug.com/gerrit/15273
Change-Id: I9dd8def23fbfb2f4cb209a93f8b1b2b24002a444
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/323695
Reviewed-by: Mike Nichols <mikenichols@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Xin Li <delphij@google.com>
Tested-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@google.com>
2021-12-01 15:27:16 +00:00
.github/workflows Drop support for Python 3.5 2021-06-03 11:34:17 +00:00
docs Add 'dest-path' to extend-project to support changing path 2021-09-28 20:12:00 +00:00
hooks Revert "commit-msg: Insert Change-Id at start of trailers" 2020-04-15 07:17:16 +00:00
man man: refresh pages 2021-11-12 17:30:45 +00:00
release sign-launcher: make the help text more automatic 2021-10-06 17:02:56 +00:00
subcmds init, sync: fixed flake8 warnings. 2021-11-18 16:22:40 +00:00
tests project: migrate worktree .git/ dirs to symlinks 2021-12-01 15:27:16 +00:00
.flake8 flake8: Suppress "E731 do not assign a lambda expression, use a def" 2020-02-15 03:41:17 +00:00
.gitattributes Adds additional crlf clobber avoidance. 2016-06-22 08:36:45 +00:00
.gitignore Add parallelism to 'branches' command 2020-12-14 23:35:12 +00:00
.gitreview git-review: add config file 2021-11-15 01:39:36 +00:00
.mailmap Update .mailmap 2020-02-13 04:49:55 +00:00
.project Set correct name in PyDev and Eclipse project config 2013-04-19 09:35:43 +09:00
.pydevproject Leverage the next keyword from python 2.7 2018-12-19 11:06:35 -08:00
color.py strip python2-only coding:utf-8 & print_function settings 2021-01-06 18:53:05 +00:00
command.py man: make output system independent 2021-07-31 11:39:35 +00:00
completion.bash bash-completion: complete projects with repo forall 2021-07-27 06:20:52 +00:00
editor.py strip python2-only coding:utf-8 & print_function settings 2021-01-06 18:53:05 +00:00
error.py help/version: sprinkle bug report URL around 2021-04-26 21:43:43 +00:00
event_log.py strip python2-only coding:utf-8 & print_function settings 2021-01-06 18:53:05 +00:00
fetch.py Support more url schemes for getting standalone manifest 2021-10-27 13:20:35 +00:00
git_command.py Add the ability to administratively enroll repo into using superproject. 2021-07-01 16:27:43 +00:00
git_config.py Fix typo for ValueError 2021-11-07 02:32:08 +00:00
git_refs.py git_refs: fix crash with binary . files in .git/refs/ 2021-02-28 16:07:24 +00:00
git_ssh add license header to a few more files 2019-06-13 13:23:19 -04:00
git_superproject.py superproject: Only trigger enrollment logic when manifest have it. 2021-09-28 19:42:01 +00:00
git_trace2_event_log.py superproject: Log syncstate's parameter as data-json it it is an array. 2021-09-28 18:22:49 +00:00
gitc_utils.py superproject: pass groups to ToXml method. 2021-03-11 01:24:52 +00:00
hooks.py drop pyversion & is_python3 checking 2021-01-06 18:53:58 +00:00
LICENSE setup.py: add basic packaging files 2019-12-02 04:23:31 +00:00
main.py repo: add --show-toplevel akin to git 2021-07-28 05:38:53 +00:00
manifest_xml.py Update revisionId if required when using extend-project 2021-09-28 20:12:00 +00:00
MANIFEST.in setup.py: add basic packaging files 2019-12-02 04:23:31 +00:00
pager.py strip python2-only coding:utf-8 & print_function settings 2021-01-06 18:53:05 +00:00
platform_utils_win32.py drop pyversion & is_python3 checking 2021-01-06 18:53:58 +00:00
platform_utils.py make file removal a bit more robust 2021-09-28 16:06:50 +00:00
progress.py progress: hide progress bar when --quiet 2021-04-13 22:25:26 +00:00
project.py project: migrate worktree .git/ dirs to symlinks 2021-12-01 15:27:16 +00:00
README.md README: use new bug template 2020-02-26 23:20:43 +00:00
repo superproject: added 'implies -c' in the help of --use-superproject option. 2021-11-01 22:15:53 +00:00
repo_trace.py strip python2-only coding:utf-8 & print_function settings 2021-01-06 18:53:05 +00:00
requirements.json Drop support for Python 3.5 2021-06-03 11:34:17 +00:00
run_tests run_tests: fix pytest selection inside tox venv 2021-06-03 15:27:51 +00:00
setup.py Drop support for Python 3.5 2021-06-03 11:34:17 +00:00
ssh.py ssh: handle FileNotFoundError errors 2021-10-26 16:18:45 +00:00
SUBMITTING_PATCHES.md SUBMITTING_PATCHES: link to commit message style docs 2021-11-15 01:39:16 +00:00
tox.ini Drop support for Python 3.5 2021-06-03 11:34:17 +00:00
wrapper.py strip python2-only coding:utf-8 & print_function settings 2021-01-06 18:53:05 +00:00

repo

Repo is a tool built on top of Git. Repo helps manage many Git repositories, does the uploads to revision control systems, and automates parts of the development workflow. Repo is not meant to replace Git, only to make it easier to work with Git. The repo command is an executable Python script that you can put anywhere in your path.

Contact

Please use the repo-discuss mailing list or issue tracker for questions.

You can file a new bug report under the "repo" component.

Please do not e-mail individual developers for support. They do not have the bandwidth for it, and often times questions have already been asked on repo-discuss or bugs posted to the issue tracker. So please search those sites first.

Install

Many distros include repo, so you might be able to install from there.

# Debian/Ubuntu.
$ sudo apt-get install repo

# Gentoo.
$ sudo emerge dev-vcs/repo

You can install it manually as well as it's a single script.

$ mkdir -p ~/.bin
$ PATH="${HOME}/.bin:${PATH}"
$ curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/.bin/repo
$ chmod a+rx ~/.bin/repo