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How to check out an existing feature branch with Android repo tool

A colleague created feature branch thebranch using repo start. Now I want to check out this branch and work on it. I try this:

repo init -u git@gitserver:manifest.git -m all.xml
repo sync
repo branches              # Responds "(no branches)"
repo checkout thebranch    # Responds "error: no project has branch thebranch"

How do I check out a feature branch that someone else started with repo start?

Solution

  • Go to each repository to check out the feature branches, thereby setting up tracking branches:

    repo forall -p -c git checkout thebranch

    The -p option means "Show project headers before output" and also does pagination, and may be omitted.

    Now you can do repo checkout:

    repo checkout thebranch