repo-checkout(1)

repo-checkout1

Repo checkout - manual page for repo checkout

Usage

repo checkout <branchname> [<project> ...]

Overview

Summary

Checkout a branch for development

Options

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

-j JOBS, --jobs=JOBS

number of jobs to run in parallel (default: based on number of CPU cores)

Logging options:

-v, --verbose

show all output

-q, --quiet

only show errors

Multi-manifest options:

--outer-manifest

operate starting at the outermost manifest

--no-outer-manifest

do not operate on outer manifests

--this-manifest-only

only operate on this (sub)manifest

--no-this-manifest-only, --all-manifests

operate on this manifest and its submanifests

Run `repo help checkout` to view the detailed manual.

Details

The 'repo checkout' command checks out an existing branch that was previously created by 'repo start'.

The command is equivalent to:

repo forall [<project>...] -c git checkout <branchname>

Releases

4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 11
  2. 12–13
  3. Arch

--all-manifests since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --no-outer-manifest since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --no-this-manifest-only since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --outer-manifest since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --this-manifest-only since Debian 12 (Bookworm).

From repo 2.67-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.