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diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt b/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt index 830f398034..bd0e36492f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ git-update-server-info(1) ========================= -v0.1, July 2005 NAME ---- @@ -9,34 +8,37 @@ git-update-server-info - Update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-update-server-info' [--force] +[verse] +'git update-server-info' [--force] DESCRIPTION ----------- -A dumb server that does not do on-the-fly pack generations can +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 and make optimized -pull decisions. This command generates such auxiliary files. +what references and packs the server has. This command +generates such auxiliary files. OPTIONS ------- +-f:: --force:: - Update the info files even when they do not appear - stale. + Update the info files from scratch. -Author +OUTPUT ------ -Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano. +Currently the command updates the following files. Please see +linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for description of +what they are for: + +* objects/info/packs + +* info/refs GIT --- -Part of the link:git.html[git] suite - +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |