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[verse] 12'git update-server-info' [--force] 13 14DESCRIPTION 15----------- 16A dumb server that does not do on-the-fly pack generations must 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. This command 20generates such auxiliary files. 21 22 23OPTIONS 24------- 25 26-f:: 27--force:: 28 Update the info files from scratch. 29 30 31OUTPUT 32------ 33 34Currently the command updates the following files. Please see 35linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for description of 36what they are for: 37 38* objects/info/packs 39 40* info/refs 41 42GIT 43--- 44Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite