1git-update-server-info(1) 2========================= 3v0.1, July 2005 4 5NAME 6---- 7git-update-server-info - Update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers 8 9 10SYNOPSIS 11-------- 12'git-update-server-info' [--force] 13 14DESCRIPTION 15----------- 16A dumb server that does not do on-the-fly pack generations can 17have some auxiliary information files in $GIT_DIR/info and 18$GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY/info directories to help clients discover 19what references and packs the server has and make optimized 20pull decisions. This command generates such auxiliary files. 21 22 23OPTIONS 24------- 25 26--force:: 27 Update the info files from scratch. 28 29 30OUTPUT 31------ 32 33Currently the command updates the following files. Please see 34link:repository-layout.html[repository-layout] for description 35of what they are for: 36 37* objects/info/packs 38 39* info/refs 40 41 42BUGS 43---- 44When you remove an existing ref, the command fails to update 45info/refs file unless `--force` flag is given. 46 47 48Author 49------ 50Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> 51 52Documentation 53-------------- 54Documentation by Junio C Hamano. 55 56GIT 57--- 58Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite 59