After Repo sync, there are no files in the directory

Question

I've setup a new Repo for Android source code, and after executing the repo sync, there are no files in the repo directory. Did I miss something?

I used:

repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git

repo initialized in /home/tarandeep/code/Android

repo sync

... It downloaded GBs of data (I can confirm via network monitor) and then nothing appeared in the Android directory.

Answer 1

It's a git repo in a hidden directory, .git. "Hidden" just means it starts with a period.

When in doubt, you can use ls -a or ls -al (vertical) to see hidden directories.

However, you will generally interact with the repository using git commands, repo commands wrapping git, or a GUI equivalent.

Answer 2

I experienced this. Somehow I had configured repo incorrectly and it was depositing the source into my home directory rather than my working directory. I blew away all the .repo* directories/files in my home directory, then re-ran repo init and repo sync in the working directory. All was well after that.