What is Repo and Why does Google use it?

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Published on 2010-03-15T21:24:08Z Indexed on 2010/03/15 21:29 UTC
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When I wanted to get Android source code, I knew that I have to use "repo". So what is repo? Why do they use repo and not just use GIT?, and is there a GUI for repo that enables me to pause/resume syncing, because every time I get disconnected occasionally it seems that repo starts syncing from the beginning!

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