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     21     <h2>In this document</h2>
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     26 
     27 <p>
     28   The Android source tree is located in a Git repository hosted by Google. This document
     29   describes how to download the source tree for a specific Android code-line.
     30 </p>
     31 <h2 id="installing-repo">
     32   Installing Repo
     33 </h2>
     34 <p>
     35   Repo is a tool that makes it easier to work with Git in the context of Android. For more
     36   information about Repo, see the <a href="developing.html">Developing</a> section.
     37 </p>
     38 <p>
     39   To install Repo:
     40 </p>
     41 <ol>
     42   <li>
     43     <p>
     44       Make sure you have a bin/ directory in your home directory and that it is included in
     45       your path:
     46     </p>
     47     <pre>
     48 <code>$ mkdir ~/bin
     49 $ PATH=~/bin:$PATH
     50 </code>
     51 </pre>
     52   </li>
     53   <li>
     54     <p>
     55       Download the Repo tool and ensure that it is executable:
     56     </p>
     57     <pre>
     58 $ curl https://dl-ssl.google.com/dl/googlesource/git-repo/repo &gt; ~/bin/repo
     59 $ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo
     60 </pre>
     61   </li>
     62 </ol>
     63 <p>
     64   For version 1.17, the SHA-1 checksum for repo is ddd79b6d5a7807e911b524cb223bc3544b661c28
     65 </p>
     66 <p>
     67   For version 1.19, the SHA-1 checksum for repo is 92cbad8c880f697b58ed83e348d06619f8098e6c
     68 </p>
     69 <h2 id="initializing-a-repo-client">
     70   Initializing a Repo client
     71 </h2>
     72 <p>
     73   After installing Repo, set up your client to access the Android source repository:
     74 </p>
     75 <ol>
     76   <li>
     77     <p>
     78       Create an empty directory to hold your working files. If you're using MacOS, this has to
     79       be on a case-sensitive filesystem. Give it any name you like:
     80     </p>
     81 <pre>
     82 $ mkdir WORKING_DIRECTORY
     83 $ cd WORKING_DIRECTORY
     84 </pre>
     85   </li>
     86   <li>
     87     <p>
     88       Run <code>repo init</code> to bring down the latest version of Repo with all its most
     89       recent bug fixes. You must specify a URL for the manifest, which specifies where the
     90       various repositories included in the Android source will be placed within your working
     91       directory.
     92     </p>
     93 <pre>
     94 $ repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest
     95 </pre>
     96     <p>
     97       To check out a branch other than "master", specify it with -b:
     98     </p>
     99 <pre>
    100 $ repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest -b android-4.0.1_r1
    101 </pre>
    102   </li>
    103   <li>
    104     <p>
    105       When prompted, configure Repo with your real name and email address. To use the Gerrit
    106       code-review tool, you will need an email address that is connected with a <a href= 
    107       "https://www.google.com/accounts">registered Google account</a>. Make sure this is a live
    108       address at which you can receive messages. The name that you provide here will show up in
    109       attributions for your code submissions.
    110     </p>
    111   </li>
    112 </ol>
    113 <p>
    114   A successful initialization will end with a message stating that Repo is initialized in your
    115   working directory. Your client directory should now contain a <code>.repo</code> directory
    116   where files such as the manifest will be kept.
    117 </p>
    118 <h2 id="getting-the-files">
    119   Downloading the Android Source Tree
    120 </h2>
    121 <p>
    122   To pull down the Android source tree to your working directory from the repositories as
    123   specified in the default manifest, run
    124 </p>
    125 <pre>$ repo sync</pre>
    126 <p>
    127   The Android source files will be located in your working directory under their project names.
    128   The initial sync operation will take an hour or more to complete. For more about <code>repo
    129   sync</code> and other Repo commands, see the <a href="developing.html">Developing</a> section.
    130 </p>
    131 <h2 id="using-authentication">
    132   Using Authentication
    133 </h2>
    134 <p>
    135   By default, access to the Android source code is anonymous. To protect the servers against
    136   excessive usage, each IP address is associated with a quota.
    137 </p>
    138 <p>
    139   When sharing an IP address with other users (e.g. when accessing the source repositories from
    140   beyond a NAT firewall), the quotas can trigger even for regular usage patterns (e.g. if many
    141   users sync new clients from the same IP address within a short period).
    142 </p>
    143 <p>
    144   In that case, it is possible to use authenticated access, which then uses a separate quota
    145   for each user, regardless of the IP address.
    146 </p>
    147 <p>
    148   The first step is to create a password from <a href= 
    149   "https://android.googlesource.com/new-password">the password generator</a> and to save it in
    150   <code>~/.netrc</code> according to the instructions on that page.
    151 </p>
    152 <p>
    153   The second step is to force authenticated access, by using the following manifest URI:
    154   <code>https://android.googlesource.com/a/platform/manifest</code>. Notice how the
    155   <code>/a/</code> directory prefix triggers mandatory authentication. You can convert an
    156   existing client to use mandatory authentication with the following command:
    157 </p>
    158 <pre>
    159 $ repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/a/platform/manifest
    160 </pre>
    161 <h2 id="troubleshooting-network-issues">
    162   Troubleshooting network issues
    163 </h2>
    164 <p>
    165   When downloading from behind a proxy (which is common in some corporate environments), it
    166   might be necessary to explicitly specify the proxy that is then used by repo:
    167 </p>
    168 <pre>
    169 $ export HTTP_PROXY=http://<proxy_user_id>:<proxy_password>@<proxy_server>:<proxy_port>;
    170 $ export HTTPS_PROXY=http://<proxy_user_id>:<proxy_password>@<proxy_server>:<proxy_port>;
    171 </pre>
    172 <p>
    173   More rarely, Linux clients experience connectivity issues, getting stuck in the middle of
    174   downloads (typically during "Receiving objects"). It has been reported that tweaking the
    175   settings of the TCP/IP stack and using non-parallel commands can improve the situation. You
    176   need root access to modify the TCP setting:
    177 </p>
    178 <pre>
    179 $ sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling=0
    180 $ repo sync -j1
    181 </pre>
    182 <h2 id="using-a-local-mirror">
    183   Using a local mirror
    184 </h2>
    185 <p>
    186   When using several clients, especially in situations where bandwidth is scarce, it is better
    187   to create a local mirror of the entire server content, and to sync clients from that mirror
    188   (which requires no network access). The download for a full mirror is smaller than the
    189   download of two clients, while containing more information.
    190 </p>
    191 <p>
    192   These instructions assume that the mirror is created in <code>/usr/local/aosp/mirror</code>.
    193   The first step is to create and sync the mirror itself, which uses close to 13GB of network
    194   bandwidth and a similar amount of disk space. Notice the <code>--mirror</code> flag, which
    195   can only be specified when creating a new client:
    196 </p>
    197 <pre>
    198 $ mkdir -p /usr/local/aosp/mirror
    199 $ cd /usr/local/aosp/mirror
    200 $ repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/mirror/manifest --mirror
    201 $ repo sync
    202 </pre>
    203 <p>
    204   Once the mirror is synced, new clients can be created from it. Note that it's important to
    205   specify an absolute path:
    206 </p>
    207 <pre>$ mkdir -p /usr/local/aosp/master
    208 $ cd /usr/local/aosp/master
    209 $ repo init -u /usr/local/aosp/mirror/platform/manifest.git
    210 $ repo sync
    211 </pre>
    212 <p>
    213   Finally, to sync a client against the server, the mirror needs to be synced against the
    214   server, then the client against the mirror:
    215 </p>
    216 <pre>
    217 $ cd /usr/local/aosp/mirror
    218 $ repo sync
    219 $ cd /usr/local/aosp/master
    220 $ repo sync
    221 </pre>
    222 <p>
    223   It's possible to store the mirror on a LAN server and to access it over NFS, SSH or Git. It's
    224   also possible to store it on a removable drive and to pass that drive around between users or
    225   between machines.
    226 </p>
    227 <h2 id="verifying-git-tags">
    228   Verifying Git Tags
    229 </h2>
    230 <p>
    231   Load the following public key into your GnuPG key database. The key is used to sign annotated
    232   tags that represent releases.
    233 </p>
    234 <pre>
    235 $ gpg --import
    236 </pre>
    237 <p>
    238   Copy and paste the key(s) below, then enter EOF (Ctrl-D) to end the input and process the
    239   keys.
    240 </p>
    241 <pre>
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    272 </pre>
    273 <p>
    274   After importing the keys, you can verify any tag with
    275 </p>
    276 <pre>
    277 $ git tag -v TAG_NAME
    278 </pre>
    279 <p>
    280   If you haven't <a href="initializing.html#ccache">set up ccache</a> yet, now would be a good
    281   time to do it.
    282 </p>