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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-07 14:47:53 +0000
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+git-update-server-info(1)
+=========================
+
+NAME
+----
+git-update-server-info - Update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'git update-server-info' [-f | --force]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+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.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-f::
+--force::
+ update the info files from scratch.
+
+OUTPUT
+------
+
+Currently the command updates the following files. Please see
+linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for description of
+what they are for:
+
+* objects/info/packs
+
+* info/refs
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite