Install Latest Git On Cent OS 7

installLatestGitOnCentOs7.txt

# Centos 7.3 comes with 1.8.3
# so update git from centos repo 
yum update git 

# it shows nothing to update 



# we  download git source  and build and install latest git  on Centos 7.3

# Go to https://github.com/git/git/releases to get latest git release

# download tar.gz file in /opt folder  https://github.com/git/git/archive/vX.XX.XX.tar.gz   XX is versio no

cd /opt
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# extract tar.gz 
tar -zxf vX.XX.X.tar.gz

cd vX.XX.X



# install development tools
yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'
yum install curl-devel expat-devel gettext-devel openssl-devel zlib-devel perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker

# confirm we are in git source directory 

pwd 

# Compile git from sources

make prefix=/usr/local/git all

# install git 

make prefix=/usr/local/git install 

# Check version 

git --version 

# still shows version 1.8

set path to new version 

# create script file to set path 
vi /etc/profile.d/setGitPath.sh
# press insert and type following commands
#!/bin/sh

# set git path to latest installed git version 2.13.0 (/usr/local/git/bin/git)
# instead of preinstalled git version 1.8.3 (/bin/git) 

export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH

#press escape and type :wqa to save and exit

# apply changes 
source  /etc/profile.d/setGitPath.sh

# check version
git --version

Good instructions. Very helpful. Thanks.

Very helpful for me too. Thanks!

It works well. Thanks a lot!

Pretty good. To improve to newbie people like me, it could had some command below the download comment, like:

#download tar.gz file in /opt folder https://github.com/git/git/archive/vX.XX.XX.tar.gz XX is versio no
wget https://github.com/git/git/archive/vX.XX.XX.tar.gz
or
curl -LJO https://github.com/git/git/archive/vX.XX.XX.tar.gz

But anyway, thanks!

two thumbs up

works. thanks a lot

Thank you so so much.