emerge --sync >>> Syncing repository 'gentoo' into '/usr/portage'... >>> Starting rsync with rsync://91.186.30.235/gentoo-portage... >>> Checking server timestamp ... Welcome to boobie.gentoo.org / rsync.gentoo.org Server Address : Contact Name : mirror-admin@gentoo.org Hardware : 2 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 3050 @ 2.13GHz, 3956MB RAM Sponsor : EUKhost, Maidenhead, England Please note: common gentoo-netiquette says you should not sync more than once a day. Users who abuse the rsync.gentoo.org rotation may be added to a temporary ban list. MOTD autogenerated by update-rsync-motd on Thu Jul 24 06:32:46 UTC 2014 receiving incremental file list timestamp.chk ... receiving incremental file list .git/ .git/hooks/ .git/info/ .git/logs/ .git/logs/refs/ .git/logs/refs/heads/ .git/logs/refs/remotes/ .git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/ .git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/dev/ .git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/project/ .git/objects/ .git/objects/00/ .git/objects/01/ .git/objects/02/ .git/objects/03/ .git/objects/04/ .git/objects/05/ ... # emerge --sync >>> Syncing repository 'gentoo' into '/usr/portage'... !!! /usr/portage appears to be under revision control (contains .git). !!! Aborting rsync sync.