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.
+ '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.
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.
+ 'git-fetch', 'git-pull' and 'git-push' commands.
logs::
Records of changes made to refs are stored in this