How to “repo init” on a disconnected system?

Question

I have mirrored a repository with

repo init -u <uri of manifest> --mirror
repo sync

and copied it (by usb) to a system disconnected from the internet along with the repo script and the repo clone bundle repository from https://gerrit.googlesource.com/git-repo/clone.bundle.

I now want to create new client from the mirror, but when I run the command.

repo init -u <uri of manifest on mirror>

i get the following error.

fatal: Cannot get https://gerrit.googlesource.com/git-repo/clone.bundle
fatal: error [Errno -2] Name or service not known

So I have the clone.bundle but have no way to persuade repo to use it.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

There is an option, that appears to be totaly undocumented on the internet for repo. It is --repo-url which allows you to overide where repo looks for the latest version of itself.

This is what I did:

I had the bundle saved in my home as git-repo-clone.bundle

repo init -u < uri of manifest on mirror > --repo-url ~/git-repo-clone.bundle

I found this out by reading the repo script itself, and thought I would share.