Sorry, eveything is still there. Did you try repo with the --no-repo-verify option?
repo --no-repo-verify init -u git://github.com/mer-hybris/android.git -b hybris-12.1 Get https://gerrit.googlesource.com/git-repo/clone.bundle Get https://gerrit.googlesource.com/git-repo object b466854bed4348a210fec5870023c1a44cd830b5 type commit tag v1.13.7.1 tagger Mike Frysinger <vapier@google.com> 1571759652 -0400 repo 1.13.7.1 gpg: Signature made Tue Oct 22 15:54:12 2019 UTC gpg: using DSA key 16530D5E920F5C65 gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found fatal: cloning the git-repo repository failed, will remove '.repo/repo'