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.\"     Title: git-update-server-info
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.\"    Manual: Git Manual
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.TH "GIT\-UPDATE\-SERVER\" "1" "06/01/2011" "Git 1\&.7\&.5\&.4" "Git Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
git-update-server-info \- Update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fIgit update\-server\-info\fR [\-\-force]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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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\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\-f, \-\-force
.RS 4
Update the info files from scratch\&.
.RE
.SH "OUTPUT"
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Currently the command updates the following files\&. Please see \fBgitrepository-layout\fR(5) for description of what they are for:
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.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
objects/info/packs
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
info/refs
.RE
.SH "GIT"
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Part of the \fBgit\fR(1) suite