diff --git a/repo b/repo
index f9eb9e8..acaa9c4 100755
--- a/repo
+++ b/repo
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 
 # increment this if the MAINTAINER_KEYS block is modified
 KEYRING_VERSION = (1, 2)
+
+# Each individual key entry is created by using:
+# gpg --armor --export keyid
 MAINTAINER_KEYS = """
 
      Repo Maintainer <repo@android.kernel.org>
diff --git a/subcmds/sync.py b/subcmds/sync.py
index 9124a65..ecf2ffc 100644
--- a/subcmds/sync.py
+++ b/subcmds/sync.py
@@ -397,9 +397,12 @@
     return fetched
 
   def _GCProjects(self, projects):
-    gitdirs = {}
+    gc_gitdirs = {}
     for project in projects:
-      gitdirs[project.gitdir] = project.bare_git
+      if len(project.manifest.GetProjectsWithName(project.name)) > 1:
+        print('Shared project %s found, disabling pruning.' % project.name)
+        project.bare_git.config('--replace-all', 'gc.pruneExpire', 'never')
+      gc_gitdirs[project.gitdir] = project.bare_git
 
     has_dash_c = git_require((1, 7, 2))
     if multiprocessing and has_dash_c:
@@ -409,7 +412,7 @@
     jobs = min(self.jobs, cpu_count)
 
     if jobs < 2:
-      for bare_git in gitdirs.values():
+      for bare_git in gc_gitdirs.values():
         bare_git.gc('--auto')
       return
 
@@ -431,7 +434,7 @@
       finally:
         sem.release()
 
-    for bare_git in gitdirs.values():
+    for bare_git in gc_gitdirs.values():
       if err_event.isSet():
         break
       sem.acquire()