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Asked: 2026-05-27T08:52:30+00:00

I’ve just cloned the Android kernel (via git clone ) repository but for some

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I’ve just cloned the Android kernel (via git clone) repository but for some reason, none of the source files are there. Instead there is just a massive .git folder, which I think has the kernel source code in it. How do I ‘unpack’ that git repository so I can get a workable source tree?

  • The exact command I’ve used was git clone git://android.git.kernel.org/kernel/common.git android-kernel.

  • git config core.bare returns false

  • git branch returns * master

  • git checkout master returns Already on 'master

The files seem to be there but they are packed. I really don’t care about preserving integrity of the repository, I just want the source tree, without any of that stupid git crap.

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  1. Editorial Team

    In android they use their own tooling which uses git under the hood:

    I am not sure how to get a kernel built working if you directly clone git repo, for their own tooling here are the docs:
    http://source.android.com/source/downloading.html

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