'\" t .\" Title: git-update-server-info .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot .\" Date: 10/07/2024 .\" Manual: Git Manual .\" Source: Git 2.47.0 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "GIT\-UPDATE\-SERVER\-INFO" "1" "10/07/2024" "Git 2\&.47\&.0" "Git Manual" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" git-update-server-info \- Update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers .SH "SYNOPSIS" .sp .nf \fIgit update\-server\-info\fR [\-f | \-\-force] .fi .sp .SH "DESCRIPTION" .sp A dumb server that does not do on\-the\-fly pack generations must have some auxiliary information files in $GIT_DIR/info and $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY/info directories to help clients discover what references and packs the server has\&. This command generates such auxiliary files\&. .SH "OPTIONS" .PP \-f, \-\-force .RS 4 Update the info files from scratch\&. .RE .SH "OUTPUT" .sp Currently the command updates the following files\&. Please see \fBgitrepository-layout\fR(5) for a description of what they are for: .sp .RS 4 .ie n \{\ \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c .\} .el \{\ .sp -1 .IP \(bu 2.3 .\} objects/info/packs .RE .sp .RS 4 .ie n \{\ \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c .\} .el \{\ .sp -1 .IP \(bu 2.3 .\} info/refs .RE .SH "GIT" .sp Part of the \fBgit\fR(1) suite