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NAME¶
repo - repo smartsync - manual page for repo smartsync
SYNOPSIS¶
repo smartsync [<project>...]
DESCRIPTION¶
Summary
Update working tree to the latest known good revision
OPTIONS¶
- -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). Ignored unless --no-interleaved is set
 - --jobs-checkout=JOBS
 - number of local checkout jobs to run in parallel (defaults to --jobs or 6). Ignored unless --nointerleaved is set
 - -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-checkout
 - force checkout even if it results in throwing away uncommitted modifications. 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
 - --rebase
 - rebase local commits regardless of whether they are published
 - -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)
 - --interleaved
 - fetch and checkout projects in parallel (default)
 - --no-interleaved
 - fetch and checkout projects in phases
 - -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
 - 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)
 
Logging options:¶
- -v, --verbose
 - show all output
 - -q, --quiet
 - only show errors
 
Multi-manifest options:¶
- --outer-manifest
 - operate starting at the outermost manifest
 - --no-outer-manifest
 - do not operate on outer manifests
 - --this-manifest-only
 - only operate on this (sub)manifest
 - --no-this-manifest-only, --all-manifests
 - operate on this manifest and its submanifests
 
repo Version options:¶
- --no-repo-verify
 - do not verify repo source code
 
post-sync hooks:¶
- --no-verify
 - Do not run the post-sync hook.
 - --verify
 - Run the post-sync hook without prompting.
 - --ignore-hooks
 - Do not abort if post-sync hooks fail.
 
Run `repo help smartsync` to view the detailed manual.
DETAILS¶
The 'repo smartsync' command is a shortcut for sync -s.
| September 2025 | repo smartsync |