git-update-server-info(1)

git-update-server-info1

Update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers

Usage

git update-server-info [{-f | --force}]

Overview

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 a description of what they are for:

• objects/info/packs

• info/refs

Git

Part of the git(1) suite

Releases

11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 10 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 11
  9. 12
  10. 13
  11. Arch

--force since Debian 12 (Bookworm); -f since Debian 12 (Bookworm).

From git 2.56.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.