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andrewayletttoday at 9:31 AM0 repliesview on HN

`git update-server-info` is your friend; it generates the auxiliary files needed to allow clients to make range requests against packs.

For example: https://andrewaylett.github.io/rgitweb/ is a repository viewer that runs against a static git repo. It doesn't care what you're storing the pack in, just that the data is there to make the right range requests.