repo is partly unaware of branches created with 'git checkout'

Affected Version: repo version v1.7.3.1
Environment: Ubuntu 10.04 x86_64
git version 1.7.0.4
Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Apr 16 2010, 13:57:41) 
[GCC 4.4.3]

Repo 'upload' and 'manifest' commands at least are unaware of any topic 
branches created in a specific git repository via 'git checkout -b <branch>' 
command instead of 'repo start' command. 

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. cd <project>
2. git checkout -b newtopic
3. (make changes, git commit -a)
4. repo upload (repo sees no changes)

In case of 'manifest' command, if a branch is created to track different remote 
than originally initialized for, 'repo manifest -o <name>.xml' doesn't notice 
this. 

This is especially confusing because 'repo branch' command does notice branches 
created with git commands. 

Workaround:

- Always use 'repo start' to create a topic branch
- To switch a specific repo to track a different remote, edit active manifest 
and run 'repo sync' for the specified project

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ora...@gmail.com on 1 Mar 2011 at 1:09

sb2008 / git-repo

repo is partly unaware of branches created with 'git checkout' #80