repo sync has all the wrong output and no options

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Reported by Andrew D. Stadler (Google) <stadler@android.com> on Fri May 22 
16:32:51 PDT 2009
Source: JIRA REPO-34

The output of repo sync is entirely internal and quite repetitive:

$ repo sync
remote: Counting objects: 16, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (11/11), done.
remote: Total 11 (delta 6), reused 3 (delta 0)
Unpacking objects: 100% (11/11), done.
From git://android.git.kernel.org/tools/repo
   2f968c9..498a0e8  master     -> origin/master
   2f968c9..498a0e8  stable     -> origin/stable
 * [new tag]         v1.6.7.5   -> v1.6.7.5
From git://android.git.kernel.org/tools/repo
 * [new tag]         v1.6.7.4   -> v1.6.7.4
remote: Counting objects: 78, done
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (63/63)
Unpacking objects: 100% (63/63), done.
From ssh://android-git.corp.google.com:29418/platform/manifest
   d2f06d9..d9584ca  cupcake    -> origin/cupcake
   78ef62e..9d863ff  donut      -> origin/donut
   22f7151..fc3614e  donut-release -> origin/donut-release
 * [new branch]      eclair-release -> origin/eclair-release
   8c6d287..c122554  master     -> origin/master
   9b08529..8d04dec  master_gl  -> origin/master_gl
remote: Counting objects: 2126, done
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (45/45)
Unpacking objects: 100% (45/45), done.

This kind of stuff isn't really interesting to the "average user" who just
wants latest files.  Can you put it under a -v type option?

Second, the final step is not verbose enough:

Syncing work tree:  79% (120/151)

And this is exactly where the "average user" would like to see *more* output:
What files were updated on my machine?

Can you please change repo sync to be more like this:
$ repo sync
Updating repositories....   (maybe do a live % thing here?)
Syncing work tree:
updating:  packages/apps/Calendar/myActivity.java
updating:  packages/apps/Email/providers.xml
..etc...
$

Original issue reported on code.google.com by code-rev...@gtempaccount.com on 24 Sep 2009 at 9:10

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Original comment by sop+code@google.com on 24 Sep 2009 at 11:09

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Possible workaround is to use "repo forall" with a custom script to "git 
fetch/pull".
But this fails when the Manifest changes, I suppose.

Original comment by mmaru...@gmail.com on 29 Aug 2012 at 8:36