X-Git-Url: https://git.verplant.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-update-server-info.txt;h=74c4364ad847e29a1e1918b1d1c7781454d064fb;hb=6a2e50f9dfdca7ac572bbe30dd0efdf19ca250f6;hp=4f65acbc8c86d29a154a9785eaed9abebaa757f3;hpb=80bd6f3064a6009cd18a4dab9ce6d29681cec4af;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt b/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt index 4f65acbc..74c4364a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ DESCRIPTION A dumb server that does not do on-the-fly pack generations can 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 an optimized +what references and packs the server has and make optimized pull decisions. This command generates such auxiliary files. @@ -24,8 +24,27 @@ OPTIONS ------- --force:: - Update the info files even when they do not appear - stale. + Update the info files from scratch. + + +OUTPUT +------ + +Currently the command updates the following files. Please see +link:repository-layout.html[repository-layout] for description +of what they are for: + +* objects/info/packs + +* info/refs + +* info/rev-cache + + +BUGS +---- +When you remove an existing ref, the command fails to update +info/refs file unless `--force` flag is given. Author