| git-update-server-info(1) |
| ========================= |
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| NAME |
| ---- |
| git-update-server-info - Update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers |
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| |
| SYNOPSIS |
| -------- |
| [verse] |
| 'git update-server-info' [-f | --force] |
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| 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. |
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| OPTIONS |
| ------- |
| -f:: |
| --force:: |
| Update the info files from scratch. |
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| OUTPUT |
| ------ |
| |
| Currently the command updates the following files. Please see |
| linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for a description of |
| what they are for: |
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| * objects/info/packs |
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| * info/refs |
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| GIT |
| --- |
| Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |
