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upgrade-git-precise64.sh

#
# Installs git 1.7.10 on Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise) using packages from
# the upcoming 12.10 (Quantal) release. Should work for i386 and amd64.
#
# Adapted from http://pastebin.com/TXeMw1CY

sudo apt-get install dpkg-dev

HOST_ARCH=`dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH_CPU`

wget http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/g/git/git_1.7.10.4-1ubuntu1_${HOST_ARCH}.deb \
    http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/g/git/git-man_1.7.10.4-1ubuntu1_all.deb \
    http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/g/git/gitk_1.7.10.4-1ubuntu1_all.deb

sudo dpkg -i git-man_1.7.10.4-1ubuntu1_all.deb git_1.7.10.4-1ubuntu1_${HOST_ARCH}.deb gitk_1.7.10.4-1ubuntu1_all.deb