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manifest_xml: change .repo/manifest.xml to a plain file

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Changing this to a file instead of using a symlink serves two purposes:
* We can insert some comments & doc links to help users learn what this
  is for, discover relevant documentation, and to discourage them from
  modifying things.
* Windows requires Administrator access to use symlinks.  With this
  last change, Windows users can get repo client checkouts with the new
  --worktree option and not need symlinks anywhere at all.  Which means
  they no longer need to be an Administrator in order to `repo sync`.

Change-Id: I9bc46824fd8d4b0f446ba84bd764994ca1e597e2
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/256313
Tested-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@google.com>
Reviewed-by: David Pursehouse <dpursehouse@collab.net>
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2020-02-21 00:49:41 -05:00
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@@ -68,13 +68,20 @@ support, see the [manifest-format.md] file.
If you want to switch the tracking settings, re-run `repo init` with the
new settings.
* `manifest.xml`: The manifest that repo uses. It is generated at `repo init`
and uses the `--manifest-name` to determine what manifest file to load next
out of `manifests/`.
Do not try to modify this to load other manifests as it will confuse repo.
If you want to switch manifest files, re-run `repo init` with the new
setting.
Older versions of repo managed this with symlinks.
* `manifest.xml -> manifests/<manifest-name>.xml`: A symlink to the manifest
that the user wishes to sync. It is specified at `repo init` time via
`--manifest-name`.
Do not try to repoint this symlink to other files as it will confuse repo.
If you want to switch manifest files, re-run `repo init` with the new
setting.
* `manifests.git/.repo_config.json`: JSON cache of the `manifests.git/config`
file for repo to read/process quickly.