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| .\" Title: git-update-server-info |
| .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/author] |
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| .\" Date: 2024-04-29 |
| .\" Manual: Git Manual |
| .\" Source: Git 2.45.0 |
| .\" Language: English |
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| .TH "GIT\-UPDATE\-SERVER\-INFO" "1" "2024\-04\-29" "Git 2\&.45\&.0" "Git Manual" |
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| .SH "NAME" |
| git-update-server-info \- Update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers |
| .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
| .sp |
| .nf |
| \fIgit update\-server\-info\fR [\-f | \-\-force] |
| .fi |
| .sp |
| .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| .sp |
| A dumb server that does not do on\-the\-fly pack generations must have some auxiliary information files in $GIT_DIR/info and $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY/info directories to help clients discover what references and packs the server has\&. This command generates such auxiliary files\&. |
| .SH "OPTIONS" |
| .PP |
| \-f, \-\-force |
| .RS 4 |
| Update the info files from scratch\&. |
| .RE |
| .SH "OUTPUT" |
| .sp |
| Currently the command updates the following files\&. Please see \fBgitrepository-layout\fR(5) for a description of what they are for: |
| .sp |
| .RS 4 |
| .ie n \{\ |
| \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| .\} |
| .el \{\ |
| .sp -1 |
| .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| .\} |
| objects/info/packs |
| .RE |
| .sp |
| .RS 4 |
| .ie n \{\ |
| \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| .\} |
| .el \{\ |
| .sp -1 |
| .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| .\} |
| info/refs |
| .RE |
| .SH "GIT" |
| .sp |
| Part of the \fBgit\fR(1) suite |