GIT-UPDATE-SERVER-INFO(1)

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version 2.56.0 · 25 versions
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✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is git-update-server-info(1) — yes, from the Git Manual — and it's literally here to update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers 💅 No cap, that's the whole assignment.

📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

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

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Picture this: a dumb server that does not do on-the-fly pack generations. It must have some auxiliary information files in $GIT_DIR/info and $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY/info directories, because those files help clients discover what references and packs the server has. This command generates such auxiliary files. Periodt. ✨

🎀 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. 👑

mwah 💖 source/version: Git 2.56.0 · date: 2026-09-27 — go off, bestie 🌈👑

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