git-update-server-info

git-update-server-info(1) =========================

NAME ---- git-update-server-info - Update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers

SYNOPSIS --------

’git update-server-info’ [-f | --force]

DESCRIPTION ----------- A dumb server that does not do on-the-fly pack generations must have some auxiliary information files in \$GIT_DIR/info and \$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY/info directories to help clients discover what references and packs the server has. This command generates such auxiliary files.

OPTIONS ------- -f:: --force:: Update the info files from scratch.

OUTPUT ------

Currently the command updates the following files. Please see gitrepository-layout for a description of what they are for:

• objects/info/packs

• info/refs

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