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<p>
The Android source tree is located in a Git repository hosted by Google. The
Git repository includes metadata for the Android source, including those
related to changes to the source and the date they were made. This document
describes how to download the source tree for a specific Android code-line.
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<p>
To instead start with a factory image for a specific device, see
<a href="running.html#selecting-device-build">Selecting a device build</a>.
</p>
<h2 id="installing-repo">
Installing Repo
</h2>
<p>
Repo is a tool that makes it easier to work with Git in the context of
Android. For more information about Repo, see the
<a href="../develop/repo.html">Repo Command Reference</a>.
</p>
<p>
To install Repo:
</p>
<ol>
<li>
<p>
Make sure you have a <code>bin/</code> directory in your home directory
and that it is included in your path:
</p>
<pre class="devsite-click-to-copy">
<code class="devsite-terminal">mkdir ~/bin</code>
<code class="devsite-terminal">PATH=~/bin:$PATH</code>
</pre>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Download the Repo tool and ensure that it is executable:
</p>
<pre class="devsite-click-to-copy">
<code class="devsite-terminal">curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo &gt; ~/bin/repo</code>
<code class="devsite-terminal">chmod a+x ~/bin/repo</code>
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</li>
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<p>
For version 1.21, the SHA-1 checksum for repo is
<code>b8bd1804f432ecf1bab730949c82b93b0fc5fede</code>.
</p>
<p>
For version 1.22, the SHA-1 checksum for repo is
<code>da0514e484f74648a890c0467d61ca415379f791</code>.
</p>
<p>
For version 1.23, the SHA-256 checksum for repo is
<code>e147f0392686c40cfd7d5e6f332c6ee74c4eab4d24e2694b3b0a0c037bf51dc5</code>.
</p>
<h2 id="initializing-a-repo-client">
Initializing a Repo client
</h2>
<p>
After installing Repo, set up your client to access the Android source
repository:
</p>
<ol>
<li>
<p>
Create an empty directory to hold your working files. If you're using
MacOS, this has to be on a case-sensitive filesystem. Give it any name you
like:
</p>
<pre class="devsite-click-to-copy">
<code class="devsite-terminal">mkdir WORKING_DIRECTORY</code>
<code class="devsite-terminal">cd WORKING_DIRECTORY</code>
</pre>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Configure git with your real name and email address. To use the Gerrit
code-review tool, you will need an email address that is connected with a <a href=
"https://www.google.com/accounts">registered Google account</a>. Make sure
this is a live address at which you can receive messages. The name that
you provide here will show up in attributions for your code submissions.
</p>
<pre class="devsite-click-to-copy">
<code class="devsite-terminal">git config --global user.name "Your Name"</code>
<code class="devsite-terminal">git config --global user.email "you@example.com"</code>
</pre>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Run <code>repo init</code> to bring down the latest version of Repo with
all its most recent bug fixes. You must specify a URL for the manifest,
which specifies where the various repositories included in the Android
source will be placed within your working directory.
</p>
<pre class="devsite-terminal devsite-click-to-copy">
repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest
</pre>
<p>
To check out a branch other than "master", specify it with <code>-b</code>.
For a list of branches, see <a href="../start/build-numbers.html#source-code-tags-and-builds">
Source Code Tags and Builds</a>.
</p>
<pre class="devsite-terminal devsite-click-to-copy">
repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest -b android-4.0.1_r1
</pre>
</li>
</ol>
<p>
A successful initialization will end with a message stating that Repo is
initialized in your working directory. Your client directory should now
contain a <code>.repo</code> directory where files such as the manifest will
be kept.
</p>
<h2 id="getting-the-files">
Downloading the Android source tree
</h2>
<p>
To pull down the Android source tree to your working directory from the
repositories as specified in the default manifest, run
</p>
<pre class="devsite-terminal devsite-click-to-copy">repo sync</pre>
<p>
The Android source files will be located in your working directory under their
project names. The initial sync operation will take an hour or more to
complete. For more about <code>repo sync</code> and other Repo commands, see
<a href="../develop/index.html">Developing</a>.
</p>
<h2 id="using-authentication">
Using Authentication
</h2>
<p>
By default, access to the Android source code is anonymous. To protect the
servers against excessive usage, each IP address is associated with a quota.
</p>
<p>
When sharing an IP address with other users (e.g. when accessing the source
repositories from beyond a NAT firewall), the quotas can trigger even for
regular usage patterns (e.g. if many users sync new clients from the same IP
address within a short period).
</p>
<p>
In that case, it is possible to use authenticated access, which then uses a
separate quota for each user, regardless of the IP address.
</p>
<p>
The first step is to create a password with <a href=
"https://android.googlesource.com/new-password">the password generator</a>
and follow the instructions on the password generator page.
</p>
<p>
The second step is to force authenticated access by using the following
manifest URI: <code>https://android.googlesource.com/a/platform/manifest</code>.
Notice how the <code>/a/</code> directory prefix triggers mandatory
authentication. You can convert an existing client to use mandatory
authentication with the following command:
</p>
<pre class="devsite-terminal devsite-click-to-copy">
repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/a/platform/manifest
</pre>
<h2 id="troubleshooting-network-issues">
Troubleshooting network issues
</h2>
<p>
When downloading from behind a proxy (which is common in some corporate
environments), it might be necessary to explicitly specify the proxy that is
then used by Repo:
</p>
<pre class="devsite-click-to-copy">
<code class="devsite-terminal">export HTTP_PROXY=http://&lt;proxy_user_id&gt;:&lt;proxy_password&gt;@&lt;proxy_server&gt;:&lt;proxy_port&gt;</code>
<code class="devsite-terminal">export HTTPS_PROXY=http://&lt;proxy_user_id&gt;:&lt;proxy_password&gt;@&lt;proxy_server&gt;:&lt;proxy_port&gt;</code>
</pre>
<p>
More rarely, Linux clients experience connectivity issues, getting stuck in
the middle of downloads (typically during "Receiving objects"). It has been
reported that tweaking the settings of the TCP/IP stack and using non-parallel
commands can improve the situation. You need root access to modify the TCP
setting:
</p>
<pre class="devsite-click-to-copy">
<code class="devsite-terminal">sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling=0</code>
<code class="devsite-terminal">repo sync -j1</code>
</pre>
<h2 id="using-a-local-mirror">
Using a local mirror
</h2>
<p>
When using several clients, especially in situations where bandwidth is
scarce, it is better to create a local mirror of the entire server content,
and to sync clients from that mirror (which requires no network access). The
download for a full mirror is smaller than the download of two clients, while
containing more information.
</p>
<p>
These instructions assume that the mirror is created in
<code>/usr/local/aosp/mirror</code>. The first step is to create and sync the
mirror itself. Notice the <code>--mirror</code> flag, which can be specified
only when creating a new client:
</p>
<pre class="devsite-click-to-copy">
<code class="devsite-terminal">mkdir -p /usr/local/aosp/mirror</code>
<code class="devsite-terminal">cd /usr/local/aosp/mirror</code>
<code class="devsite-terminal">repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/mirror/manifest --mirror</code>
<code class="devsite-terminal">repo sync</code>
</pre>
<p>
Once the mirror is synced, new clients can be created from it. Note that it's
important to specify an absolute path:
</p>
<pre class="devsite-click-to-copy">
<code class="devsite-terminal">mkdir -p /usr/local/aosp/master</code>
<code class="devsite-terminal">cd /usr/local/aosp/master</code>
<code class="devsite-terminal">repo init -u /usr/local/aosp/mirror/platform/manifest.git</code>
<code class="devsite-terminal">repo sync</code>
</pre>
<p>
Finally, to sync a client against the server, the mirror needs to be synced
against the server, then the client against the mirror:
</p>
<pre class="devsite-click-to-copy">
<code class="devsite-terminal">cd /usr/local/aosp/mirror</code>
<code class="devsite-terminal">repo sync</code>
<code class="devsite-terminal">cd /usr/local/aosp/master</code>
<code class="devsite-terminal">repo sync</code>
</pre>
<p>
It's possible to store the mirror on a LAN server and to access it over NFS,
SSH or Git. It's also possible to store it on a removable drive and to pass
that drive around between users or between machines.
</p>
<h2 id="verifying-git-tags">
Verifying Git tags
</h2>
<p>
Load the following public key into your GnuPG key database. The key is used to
sign annotated tags that represent releases.
</p>
<pre class="devsite-terminal devsite-click-to-copy">
gpg --import
</pre>
<p>
Copy and paste the key below, then enter EOF (Ctrl-D) to end the input and
process the keys.
</p>
<pre class="devsite-click-to-copy">
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-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
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<p>
After importing the keys, you can verify any tag with
</p>
<pre class="devsite-terminal devsite-click-to-copy">
git tag -v TAG_NAME
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