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1 | git-update-server-info(1) |
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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 | -------- | |
11 | 'git-update-server-info' [--force] | |
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 | ||
03f6c23c | 25 | -f|--force:: |
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26 | Update the info files from scratch. |
27 | ||
28 | ||
29 | OUTPUT | |
30 | ------ | |
31 | ||
32 | Currently the command updates the following files. Please see | |
33 | link:repository-layout.html[repository-layout] for description | |
34 | of what they are for: | |
35 | ||
36 | * objects/info/packs | |
37 | ||
38 | * info/refs | |
39 | ||
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40 | |
41 | BUGS | |
42 | ---- | |
43 | When you remove an existing ref, the command fails to update | |
44 | info/refs file unless `--force` flag is given. | |
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45 | |
46 | ||
47 | Author | |
48 | ------ | |
49 | Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | |
50 | ||
51 | Documentation | |
52 | -------------- | |
53 | Documentation by Junio C Hamano. | |
54 | ||
55 | GIT | |
56 | --- | |
a7154e91 | 57 | Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite |
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