git-update-server-info(1) — Linux manual page

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GIT-UPDATE-SERVER-INFO(1)       Git Manual      GIT-UPDATE-SERVER-INFO(1)

NAME top

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

SYNOPSIS top

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

DESCRIPTION top

       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 top

       -f, --force
           Update the info files from scratch.

OUTPUT top

       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 top

       Part of the git(1) suite

COLOPHON top

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Git 2.51.0.rc1                  2025-08-07      GIT-UPDATE-SERVER-INFO(1)

Pages that refer to this page: git(1), git-config(1), git-repack(1)