repo sync path/to/project should not run obsolete steps on other projects

repo version v1.6.9
       (from git://android.git.kernel.org/tools/repo.git)
git version 1.6.5.6
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jan 20 2010, 23:14:04) 
[GCC 4.2.4 (Ubuntu 4.2.4-1ubuntu3)]

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.  repo sync path/to/project

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

Expected:
  update files *only* in path/to/project

Actual:
  A long sequence of "Deleting obsolete path /path/to/other/project"

There's an expectation/contract that repo sync path/to/project will only 
touch files or directories in that specific project.  By messing around in 
other directories (even obsoleting them) it potentially breaks my build or 
forces me to do a full repo sync.

Thanks!

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by stad...@google.com on 11 Mar 2010 at 5:11

Merged into: #42

Fr4ncky / git-repo

repo sync path/to/project should not run obsolete steps on other projects #61