Found out why this was not working. If you're using an ancient repo that is still pointed to korg,

it will not support the ".." parameter for a remote.

rm -rf .repo/repo
rm -rf .repo/manifest*

repo init -u git://github.com/CyanogenMod/android.git
repo sync

That will fix it. It will keep your blobs around, and won't require you to redownload the entire source.

Revert "Revert "switch to whatever protocol people init the repo with""

This reverts commit 930e9362.