diff --git a/pkg/repo/contents.go b/pkg/repo/contents.go
index 220c6272..c0348c1e 100644
--- a/pkg/repo/contents.go
+++ b/pkg/repo/contents.go
@@ -23,6 +23,43 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 )
 
+// TODO: Diffing method
+
+// Take the namespace contents of `other` into `dst`.
+// Namespaces and features in `other` that are not in `dst` are added.
+// Conflicting features are overwritten with ones from `other`.
+// Namespaces in `dst` that are not in `other` are NOT removed.
+// Returns the modified `dst`. `other` should not be used after being passed.
+func TakeNamespaceContents(dst *featurev1beta1.RepositoryContents, other *featurev1beta1.RepositoryContents) *featurev1beta1.RepositoryContents {
+	for _, otherNs := range other.Namespaces {
+		replaced := false
+		for i, dstNs := range dst.Namespaces {
+			if dstNs.Name == otherNs.Name {
+				dst.Namespaces[i] = otherNs
+				replaced = true
+			}
+		}
+		if !replaced {
+			dst.Namespaces = append(dst.Namespaces, otherNs)
+		}
+	}
+	// Need to also overwrite appropriate file descriptors
+	// Assumes that file descriptors corresponding to namespaces have deterministic names
+	for _, otherFD := range other.FileDescriptorSet.File {
+		replaced := false
+		for i, dstFD := range dst.FileDescriptorSet.File {
+			if dstFD.Name == otherFD.Name {
+				dst.FileDescriptorSet.File[i] = otherFD
+				replaced = true
+			}
+		}
+		if !replaced {
+			dst.FileDescriptorSet.File = append(dst.FileDescriptorSet.File, otherFD)
+		}
+	}
+	return dst
+}
+
 // Expects base64 encoded serialized RepositoryContents message
 func DecodeRepositoryContents(encoded []byte) (*featurev1beta1.RepositoryContents, error) {
 	// Because Protobuf is not self-describing, we have to jump through some hoops here for deserialization.
diff --git a/pkg/repo/feature.go b/pkg/repo/feature.go
index df7aacd6..4d20dd39 100644
--- a/pkg/repo/feature.go
+++ b/pkg/repo/feature.go
@@ -681,9 +681,10 @@ func (r *repository) BuildDynamicTypeRegistry(ctx context.Context, protoDirPath
 // because we need to first ensure that buf cmd line can be executed in the
 // ephemeral env.
 func (r *repository) ReBuildDynamicTypeRegistry(ctx context.Context, protoDirPath string, useExternalTypes bool) (*protoregistry.Types, error) {
-	if !r.bufEnabled {
-		return nil, errors.New("buf cmd line not enabled")
-	}
+	// TODO: We do need a way of regenerating the buf image in ephemeral repos. Disabling this check for now.
+	// if !r.bufEnabled {
+	// 	return nil, errors.New("buf cmd line not enabled")
+	// }
 	sTypes, err := prototypes.ReBuildDynamicTypeRegistry(ctx, protoDirPath, useExternalTypes, r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/sync/repo.go b/pkg/sync/repo.go
index dfabfc24..b257dc34 100644
--- a/pkg/sync/repo.go
+++ b/pkg/sync/repo.go
@@ -46,11 +46,17 @@ func WriteContentsToLocalRepo(ctx context.Context, contents *featurev1beta1.Repo
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "prepare repo")
 	}
+	return WriteContentsToRepo(ctx, contents, r)
+}
+
+func WriteContentsToRepo(ctx context.Context, contents *featurev1beta1.RepositoryContents, r repo.ConfigurationRepository) error {
 	// Discard logs, mainly for silencing compilation later
-	// TODO: Maybe a verbose flag
-	r.ConfigureLogger(&repo.LoggingConfiguration{
-		Writer: io.Discard,
+	// TODO: Allow passing in writer
+	clear := r.ConfigureLogger(&repo.LoggingConfiguration{
+		Writer:         io.Discard,
+		ColorsDisabled: true,
 	})
+	defer clear()
 	rootMD, _, err := r.ParseMetadata(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -159,6 +165,7 @@ func WriteContentsToLocalRepo(ctx context.Context, contents *featurev1beta1.Repo
 	if err := WriteTypesToRepo(ctx, contents.FileDescriptorSet, r); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "write type files")
 	}
+	// FIXME: We need this to be runnable on ephemeral repositories
 	if _, err := r.ReBuildDynamicTypeRegistry(ctx, rootMD.ProtoDirectory, false); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "final rebuild type registry")
 	}