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Clarify that git-update-server-info should be run for every git-push
authorPavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:43:44 +0000 (00:43 -0500)
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:00:45 +0000 (22:00 -0800)
The old text suggested that git-update-server-info only needs to be run
if new tags or branches are created, but not for new commits.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Documentation/repository-layout.txt

index 863cb6710a836036b79ef9ee97f6e8886b7c42e9..0459bd9ca1732beec1150e4354f1a03eafd53fe4 100644 (file)
@@ -133,14 +133,14 @@ info::
        in this directory.
 
 info/refs::
-       This file is to help dumb transports to discover what
-       refs are available in this repository.  Whenever you
-       create/delete a new branch or a new tag, `git
-       update-server-info` should be run to keep this file
-       up-to-date if the repository is published for dumb
-       transports.  The `git-receive-pack` command, which is
-       run on a remote repository when you `git push` into it,
-       runs `hooks/update` hook to help you achieve this.
+       This file helps dumb transports discover what refs are
+       available in this repository.  If the repository is
+       published for dumb transports, this file should be
+       regenerated by `git update-server-info` every time a tag
+       or branch is created or modified.  This is normally done
+       from the `hooks/update` hook, which is run by the
+       `git-receive-pack` command when you `git push` into the
+       repository.
 
 info/grafts::
        This file records fake commit ancestry information, to