git-update-server-info.adoc

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 linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for a description of what they are for:

• objects/info/packs

• info/refs

GIT

Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite