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:: 26--force:: 27 Update the info files from scratch. 28 29 30OUTPUT 31------ 32 33Currently the command updates the following files. Please see 34linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for description of 35what 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 <gitster@pobox.com> 51 52Documentation 53-------------- 54Documentation by Junio C Hamano. 55 56GIT 57--- 58Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite