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