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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 | -------- | |
7791a1d9 | 11 | [verse] |
b1889c36 | 12 | 'git update-server-info' [--force] |
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13 | |
14 | DESCRIPTION | |
15 | ----------- | |
80248b2e | 16 | A dumb server that does not do on-the-fly pack generations must |
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17 | have some auxiliary information files in $GIT_DIR/info and |
18 | $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY/info directories to help clients discover | |
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19 | what references and packs the server has. This command |
20 | generates such auxiliary files. | |
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21 | |
22 | ||
23 | OPTIONS | |
24 | ------- | |
25 | ||
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26 | -f:: |
27 | --force:: | |
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28 | Update the info files from scratch. |
29 | ||
30 | ||
31 | OUTPUT | |
32 | ------ | |
33 | ||
34 | Currently the command updates the following files. Please see | |
6998e4db | 35 | linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for description of |
30eba7bf | 36 | what they are for: |
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37 | |
38 | * objects/info/packs | |
39 | ||
40 | * info/refs | |
41 | ||
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42 | GIT |
43 | --- | |
9e1f0a85 | 44 | Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |