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Description:
Repository tool for Android development

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 2.60.1@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 16, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: android git version-control repository-management development

Install: brew install repo

About:
Repo is a command-line tool built on Git that simplifies the management of multiple Git repositories. It automates the process of fetching, checking out, and maintaining a complex tree of repositories, which is essential for large-scale projects like the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Its main value is providing a single, unified workflow for developers to synchronize and work across hundreds of individual Git repositories simultaneously.

Key Features:

Manages multiple Git repositories in a single project
Simplifies syncing a large number of repositories with one command
Uses a manifest file to define the repository layout and revisions
Integrates seamlessly with Git for all individual repository operations

Use Cases:

Developing the Android operating system, which consists of hundreds of Git repositories
Managing large, multi-repository software projects with a unified tool
Standardizing repository checkouts and versions across a large development team

Alternatives:

Git Submodules – Repo is generally considered easier to use for managing a very large number of repositories, while Git submodules are a built-in but more complex feature of Git itself.
Gerrit – Gerrit is a code review and project management tool that often works alongside Repo, but Repo itself is focused solely on repository management, not code review.

Version History

Detected	Change	Commit
Dec 16, 2025 2:49am	VERSION_BUMP	881cfd16
Dec 10, 2025 8:26pm	VERSION_BUMP	74437396
Dec 17, 2024 12:08am	VERSION_BUMP	405cbd02
Dec 16, 2024 11:09pm	VERSION_BUMP	8cc4498d
Oct 30, 2024 9:53pm	VERSION_BUMP	a9a25021
Oct 29, 2024 6:52pm	VERSION_BUMP	721a19ae
Sep 12, 2024 8:57pm	VERSION_BUMP	97645c01