Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt

   1 git-update-server-info(1)
   2 =========================
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-update-server-info - Update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers
   7
   8
   9 SYNOPSIS
  10 --------
  11 [verse]
  12 'git update-server-info'
  13
  14 DESCRIPTION
  15 -----------
  16 A dumb server that does not do on-the-fly pack generations must
  17 have some auxiliary information files in $GIT_DIR/info and
  18 $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY/info directories to help clients discover
  19 what references and packs the server has.  This command
  20 generates such auxiliary files.
  21
  22 OUTPUT
  23 ------
  24
  25 Currently the command updates the following files.  Please see
  26 linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for description of
  27 what they are for:
  28
  29 * objects/info/packs
  30
  31 * info/refs
  32
  33 GIT
  34 ---
  35 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite