Git CLI - git update-server-info

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Git CLI
Low-level Commands / Syncing Repositories
git update-server-info

Update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers

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Name

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

Synopsis

git update-server-info

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.

Output

Currently the command updates the following files. Please see gitrepository-layout[5] for description of what they are for:

objects/info/packs
info/refs

GIT

Part of the git[1] suite