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

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

SYNOPSIS
       git update-server-info [-f | --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(5) for a description of what they are for:

       •   objects/info/packs

       •   info/refs

GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite

Git 2.51.0			  2025-08-17	     GIT-UPDATE-SERVER-INFO(1)