|  | git-update-server-info(1) | 
|  | ========================= | 
|  |  | 
|  | NAME | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | git-update-server-info - Update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | SYNOPSIS | 
|  | -------- | 
|  | [verse] | 
|  | 'git update-server-info' [-f | --force] | 
|  |  | 
|  | DESCRIPTION | 
|  | ----------- | 
|  | 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. | 
|  |  | 
|  | OPTIONS | 
|  | ------- | 
|  | -f:: | 
|  | --force:: | 
|  | Update the info files from scratch. | 
|  |  | 
|  | OUTPUT | 
|  | ------ | 
|  |  | 
|  | Currently the command updates the following files.  Please see | 
|  | linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for a description of | 
|  | what they are for: | 
|  |  | 
|  | * objects/info/packs | 
|  |  | 
|  | * info/refs | 
|  |  | 
|  | GIT | 
|  | --- | 
|  | Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |