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Updated: July 2017
 
 

git-update-server-info (1)

Name

git-update-server-info - Update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers

Synopsis

git update-server-info [--force]

Description

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(4) for description of what they are for:

       o   objects/info/packs

       o   info/refs

GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite



ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |     ATTRIBUTE VALUE      |
       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |Availability   | developer/versioning/git |
       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted              |
       +---------------+--------------------------+
NOTES
       This software was built from source available at
       https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.  The original community
       source was downloaded from
       https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.7.4.tar.xz

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at http://git-scm.com/.



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