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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 | -------- | |
| 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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