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1 | git-update-server-info(1) |
2 | ========================= | |
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3 | |
4 | NAME | |
5 | ---- | |
6 | git-update-server-info - Update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers | |
7 | ||
8 | ||
9 | SYNOPSIS | |
10 | -------- | |
b1889c36 | 11 | 'git update-server-info' [--force] |
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12 | |
13 | DESCRIPTION | |
14 | ----------- | |
80248b2e | 15 | A dumb server that does not do on-the-fly pack generations must |
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16 | have some auxiliary information files in $GIT_DIR/info and |
17 | $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY/info directories to help clients discover | |
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18 | what references and packs the server has. This command |
19 | generates such auxiliary files. | |
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20 | |
21 | ||
22 | OPTIONS | |
23 | ------- | |
24 | ||
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25 | -f:: |
26 | --force:: | |
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27 | Update the info files from scratch. |
28 | ||
29 | ||
30 | OUTPUT | |
31 | ------ | |
32 | ||
33 | Currently the command updates the following files. Please see | |
6998e4db | 34 | linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for description of |
30eba7bf | 35 | what they are for: |
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36 | |
37 | * objects/info/packs | |
38 | ||
39 | * info/refs | |
40 | ||
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42 | Author |
43 | ------ | |
59eb68aa | 44 | Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> |
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45 | |
46 | Documentation | |
47 | -------------- | |
48 | Documentation by Junio C Hamano. | |
49 | ||
50 | GIT | |
51 | --- | |
9e1f0a85 | 52 | Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |