repo-start(1)

repo-start1

Repo start - manual page for repo start

Usage

repo start <newbranchname> [{--all | <project> ...}]

Overview

Summary

Start a new 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)

--all

begin branch in all projects

-r REVISION, --rev=REVISION, --revision=REVISION

point branch at this revision instead of upstream

--head, --HEAD

abbreviation for --rev HEAD

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 start` to view the detailed manual.

Details

'repo start' begins a new branch of development, starting from the revision specified in the manifest.

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.