How to download only a working directory of the AOSP source code without the entire repo history?

Question

The size of the latest AOSP source code is rather large (around 30-35 Gb for the .repo directory and another 15 Gb or so for the working directory). Is there a way to downlo

Answer 1

Since git version 2.19 (released in 2018), we can utilize git's --partial-clone flag via the repo tool like the following:

repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest -b master --partial-clone --clone-filter=blob:limit=10M

For readers of this question and answer in 2020, be warned that the AOSP repositories have gotten bigger and the above command still results in around 73 gigabytes of source code and related files.

Answer 2

Step to download android source code(AOSP) in Ubuntu

1. First create one folder like "aosp-m" to copy AOSP code in your machine.

2. Open terminal(Ctrl+Alt+T) and change your Dir to latest created Dir let say "aosp-m"

3. After that Run the following command in terminal :- git clone git://gitz01/cm/download/android/manifest if this link not work then try this one repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest

4. Run Following command in terminal one by one git config --global user.name "Your Name" git config --global user.email "you@example.com"

5. then run following command for repo init repo init -u git://gitz01/cm/download/android/manifest -b master -m identifiedmanifest.xml if this link not work then try this one repo init --depth=1 -u https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest -b identifiedmanifest.xml here you can replace identifiedmanifest.xml to your desired AOSP source code , Let Say "android-6.0.1_r10.xml" marshmellow.

6. and in the last run "repo sync" command. This command start downloading your desired AOSP code in your machine. This opertation take more than 1 hours(depending on your internet connection speed) to download source code. Thats it... Happy Coding.......

Answer 3

You can specify --depth 1 to git clone command. It will only get the latest snapshot.