Repo sync fails when git cookie file does not have "# Netscape HTTP Cookie File" header

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Affected Version: v1.12.31
Environment: Ubuntu

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. go to android.googlesource.com
2. click "Generate Password"
3. run the command to generate .gitcookies file
4. run repo sync with smart sync against a manifest server

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

It fails with:

  error: cannot connect to manifest server http://path/to/my/manifest/server:
  '/tmp/tmpJkmG2s' does not look like a Netscape format cookies file

According to [1] this is caused because the .gitcookies file does not have the 
line:

 # Netscape HTTP Cookie File

After adding that line, the sync works again.

[1] 
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11529428/why-does-python-say-this-netscape-co
okie-file-isnt-valid

Original issue reported on code.google.com by david.pu...@sonymobile.com on 30 Sep 2015 at 1:47

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https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/#/c/71182/

Original comment by david.pu...@sonymobile.com on 30 Sep 2015 at 1:48

• Changed state: Started

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Original comment by david.pu...@sonymobile.com on 2 Oct 2015 at 2:59

• Changed title: Repo sync fails when git cookie file does not have "# Netscape HTTP Cookie File" header

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https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/#/c/71254/

Original comment by david.pu...@sonymobile.com on 2 Oct 2015 at 3:00

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Original comment by david.pu...@sonymobile.com on 25 Nov 2015 at 10:04

• Changed state: Fixed