README: add install details

Change-Id: I57043449a7927068fa5735cb71633353e1039532
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/245816
Reviewed-by: David Pursehouse <dpursehouse@collab.net>
Tested-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@google.com>
1 file changed
tree: d681b24fdaed87f6e97ec71afa516c07eafb9e14
  1. docs/
  2. hooks/
  3. subcmds/
  4. tests/
  5. .flake8
  6. .gitattributes
  7. .gitignore
  8. .mailmap
  9. .project
  10. .pydevproject
  11. color.py
  12. command.py
  13. COPYING
  14. editor.py
  15. error.py
  16. event_log.py
  17. git_command.py
  18. git_config.py
  19. git_refs.py
  20. git_ssh
  21. gitc_utils.py
  22. main.py
  23. manifest_xml.py
  24. pager.py
  25. platform_utils.py
  26. platform_utils_win32.py
  27. progress.py
  28. project.py
  29. pyversion.py
  30. README.md
  31. repo
  32. repo_trace.py
  33. run_tests
  34. SUBMITTING_PATCHES.md
  35. wrapper.py
README.md

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.

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