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