duplicate path errors with latest repo when using remove-project in local_manifests

[s...@tycho.nsa.gov]

The latest repo appears to break replacing specific projects via remove-project + project stanzas in a local manifest file.
Running a repo sync today in a repo that was working just fine yesterday yields this output right after fetching all projects:
info: A new version of repo is available

project .repo/repo/
Updating 12fd10c..f2fe2d9
Fast-forward
 command.py               |  26 +++---
 docs/manifest-format.txt |  12 +--
 git_command.py           |   2 +-
 git_config.py            |   4 +-
 git_refs.py              |   2 +-
 hooks/commit-msg         |   4 +-
 hooks/pre-auto-gc        |   2 +-
 manifest_xml.py          |  70 +++++++++++-----
 project.py               | 204 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 repo                     |  32 ++++----
 subcmds/branches.py      |   2 +-
 subcmds/init.py          |  21 +++++
 subcmds/rebase.py        |   3 +
 subcmds/sync.py          |  69 +++++++++++-----
 subcmds/upload.py        |  15 +++-
 15 files changed, 342 insertions(+), 126 deletions(-)

info: Restarting repo with latest version
fatal: duplicate path build in /home/sds/master/.repo/manifest.xml

The local manifest file had:
 <remove-project name="platform/build"/>
  <project path="build" remote="bitbucket" name="build" revision="seandroid">
    <copyfile src="core/root.mk" dest="Makefile" />
  </project>

[Ian Wallace-Hoyt]

I'm also getting a duplicate path error, though I don't use remove-project. I have two platform-dependent projects (git repositories) and indicate the platform with the groups attribute. The two project elements have the same path, but only one is included for a given group:

<project name="mac.git"

...

path="toolchain/bin"

groups="notdefault,darwin"/>

<project name="linux.git"

...

path="toolchain/bin"

groups="notdefault,linux"/>

I init the repo using either "-g linux" or "-g darwin"

This worked fine in 1.12.7

[Martin Espericueta]

I'm having this exact issue as well. Yesterday I was syncing fine, this morning however, I seen "info: A new version of repo is available" - and now I get a duplicate path msg as well (build project).

[Aaron Kellar]

Any fix for this? Seems a pretty major functionality regression.

[Martin Espericueta]

What I did was to just use a "main" manifest, and physically remove those projects, & only include my own - so as not to use a local manifest at all. At least until this gets sorted out....

[William D.]

Can you elaborate or give an example? I'm having this issue with OmniROM's sources.

[Johan Dahlin]

Upgrading to repo 1.12.10 solves this issue.

It can be done by; 

  $ cd .repo/repo

  $ git fetch

  $ git checkout v1.12.10

It would be nice if 1.12.10 could be pushed to the stable branch.

[Darian Branum]

what ive discovered is in old trepos it just ignored this but niow it considers it an error make sure that the smae thing isnt in both your ./.repo/manifest.xml and in your ./.repo/local_manifests/roomservice.xml