GIT-UPDATE-SERVER() GIT-UPDATE-SERVER()
NAME
git-update-server-info - Update auxiliary info file to help dumb
servers
SYNOPSIS
git update-server-info [--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
gitrepository-layout(5) for description of what they are for:
o objects/info/packs
o info/refs
GIT
Part of the git(1) suite
GIT-UPDATE-SERVER()