Replicant Sources¶

Browsing the source¶

The Replicant source code is currently hosted at Gitorious: https://gitorious.org/replicant
There is a branch per Replicant version, like replicant-2.2.

Code tree location¶

Start by defining the place where you want to download Replicant tree.

Important: the name of the path to this location must not contain spaces!

Installing the tools¶

Then, download the repo tool and set it executable:

mkdir tools
cd tools
wget http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo
chmod a+x repo
cd ../

Getting the source manifest¶

The source manifest is the list of all the git repos that are present in the Replicant tree.
There is one manifest per replicant version.

Replicant 4.2
If you don't setup your name and email in git, repo will complain:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/gnutoo/embedded/replicant-4.2/.repo/repo/main.py", line 500, in <module>
    _Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/home/gnutoo/embedded/replicant-4.2/.repo/repo/main.py", line 476, in _Main
    result = repo._Run(argv) or 0
  File "/home/gnutoo/embedded/replicant-4.2/.repo/repo/main.py", line 155, in _Run
    result = cmd.Execute(copts, cargs)
  File "/home/gnutoo/embedded/replicant-4.2/.repo/repo/subcmds/init.py", line 395, in Execute
    self._ConfigureUser()
  File "/home/gnutoo/embedded/replicant-4.2/.repo/repo/subcmds/init.py", line 289, in _ConfigureUser
    name  = self._Prompt('Your Name', mp.UserName)
  File "/home/gnutoo/embedded/replicant-4.2/.repo/repo/project.py", line 650, in UserName
    self._LoadUserIdentity()
  File "/home/gnutoo/embedded/replicant-4.2/.repo/repo/project.py", line 663, in _LoadUserIdentity
    u = self.bare_git.var('GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT')
  File "/home/gnutoo/embedded/replicant-4.2/.repo/repo/project.py", line 2483, in runner
    p.stderr))
error.GitError: manifests var: 
*** Please tell me who you are.

Run

  git config --global user.email "you@example.com" 
  git config --global user.name "Your Name" 

to set your account's default identity.
Omit --global to set the identity only in this repository.

fatal: empty ident name (for <gnutoo@N71JQ.(none)>) not allowed

So we setup it correctly, replace the email and the name by a valid one:

  git config --global user.email "you@example.com" 
  git config --global user.name "Your Name" 

mkdir replicant-4.2
cd replicant-4.2
../tools/repo init -u git://gitorious.org/replicant/manifest.git -b replicant-4.2

Replicant 4.0¶

mkdir replicant-4.0
cd replicant-4.0
../tools/repo init -u git://gitorious.org/replicant/manifest.git -b replicant-4.0

Replicant 2.3¶

mkdir replicant-2.3
cd replicant-2.3
../tools/repo init -u git://gitorious.org/replicant/manifest.git -b replicant-2.3

Replicant 2.2¶

mkdir replicant-2.2
cd replicant-2.2
../tools/repo init -u git://gitorious.org/replicant/manifest.git -b replicant-2.2

Downloading/Updating the source from the repos¶

Now that you have configured the repository to use a manifest, you can start downloading Replicant sources for the desired version.

This step is very long and can take the whole day to complete!

../tools/repo sync

Depending on your internet bandwidth, using the -j argument may speed up the process (if you encounter errors, retry without the -j argument):

../tools/repo sync -j9

You must redo this step each time you want to sync your tree, in order to keep it up to date. Future syncs are faster than the first one.