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