diff --git a/roles/repo/defaults/main.yml b/roles/repo/defaults/main.yml
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+---
+# repo/defaults/main.yml
+
+cord_dir: "{{ ansible_user_dir + '/cord' }}"
+repo_dl_url: "https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo"
+
+# This is for repo v1.23, and will change, as repo_dl_url unfortunately lacks a version...
+repo_checksum: "sha256:e147f0392686c40cfd7d5e6f332c6ee74c4eab4d24e2694b3b0a0c037bf51dc5"
+
+repo_manifest_url: "https://gerrit.opencord.org/manifest"
+
+# Used to download specific gerrit changesets. Syntax is:
+#
+# gerrit_changsets:
+#  - path: build/platform-install
+#    revision: 2934/19
+#  - path: ....
+#    revision: #/#
+#
+gerrit_changesets: []
+
diff --git a/roles/repo/tasks/main.yml b/roles/repo/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+# repo/tasks/main.yml
+
+- name: Download and install repo tool
+  become: yes
+  get_url:
+    url: "{{ repo_dl_url }}"
+    checksum: "{{ repo_checksum }}"
+    dest: "/usr/local/bin/repo"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0755
+
+- name: Create CORD directory
+  file:
+    dest: "{{ cord_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+
+- name: Init CORD repos (master branch) using repo
+  command: "/usr/local/bin/repo init -u {{ repo_manifest_url }} -b master -g build,onos,orchestration"
+  args:
+    chdir: "{{ cord_dir }}"
+    creates: "{{ cord_dir }}/.repo"
+
+- name: Synchronize CORD repos using repo
+  command: "repo sync"
+  args:
+    chdir: "{{ cord_dir }}"
+    creates: "{{ cord_dir }}/build"
+
+- name: Download specific gerrit changesets using repo
+  command: "/usr/local/bin/repo download {{ item.path }} {{ item.revision }}"
+  args:
+    chdir: "{{ cord_dir }}"
+  with_items: "{{ gerrit_changesets }}"
+  tags:
+    - skip_ansible_lint # usually won't be run, except during dev
+