are available in this object store. Whenever a pack is
added or removed, `git update-server-info` should be run
to keep this file up-to-date if the repository is
- published for dumb transports. `git repack` does this
+ published for dumb transports. 'git repack' does this
by default.
objects/info/alternates::
refs::
References are stored in subdirectories of this
- directory. The `git prune` command knows to keep
+ directory. The 'git prune' command knows to keep
objects reachable from refs found in this directory and
its subdirectories.
branches::
A slightly deprecated way to store shorthands to be used
- to specify URL to `git fetch`, `git pull` and `git push`
+ to specify URL to 'git fetch', 'git pull' and 'git push'
commands is to store a file in `branches/<name>` and
give 'name' to these commands in place of 'repository'
argument.
hooks::
Hooks are customization scripts used by various git
commands. A handful of sample hooks are installed when
- `git init` is run, but all of them are disabled by
- default. To enable, they need to be made executable.
- Read linkgit:githooks[5][hooks] for more details about
+ 'git init' is run, but all of them are disabled by
+ default. To enable, the `.sample` suffix has to be
+ removed from the filename by renaming.
+ Read linkgit:githooks[5] for more details about
each hook.
index::
This file helps dumb transports discover what refs are
available in this repository. If the repository is
published for dumb transports, this file should be
- regenerated by `git update-server-info` every time a tag
+ regenerated by 'git update-server-info' every time a tag
or branch is created or modified. This is normally done
from the `hooks/update` hook, which is run by the
- `git-receive-pack` command when you `git push` into the
+ 'git-receive-pack' command when you 'git push' into the
repository.
info/grafts::
info/exclude::
This file, by convention among Porcelains, stores the
exclude pattern list. `.gitignore` is the per-directory
- ignore file. `git status`, `git add`, `git rm` and `git
- clean` look at it but the core git commands do not look
+ ignore file. 'git status', 'git add', 'git rm' and
+ 'git clean' look at it but the core git commands do not look
at it. See also: linkgit:gitignore[5].
remotes::
Stores shorthands to be used to give URL and default
- refnames to interact with remote repository to `git
- fetch`, `git pull` and `git push` commands.
+ refnames to interact with remote repository to
+ 'git fetch', 'git pull' and 'git push' commands.
logs::
Records of changes made to refs are stored in this
- directory. See the documentation on git-update-ref
+ directory. See linkgit:git-update-ref[1]
for more information.
logs/refs/heads/`name`::