0)install dependencies [root@qcloud ~]# yum install curl-devel expat-devel gettext-devel openssl-devel zlib-devel asciidoc [root@qcloud ~]# yum install gcc perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker 1)uninstall builtin version(1.8.1) [root@qcloud ~]# git --version git version 1.8.1 [root@qcloud ~]# yum remove git 2)Download/Compile latest version [root@qcloud ~]# cd /usr/local/src/ [root@qcloud src]# wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.15.1.tar.xz [root@qcloud src]# tar -vxf git-2.15.1.tar.xz [root@qcloud src]# cd git-2.15.1 [root@qcloud git-2.15.1]# make prefix=/usr/local/git all [root@qcloud git-2.15.1]# make prefix=/usr/local/git install [root@qcloud git-2.15.1]# echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/git/bin" >> /etc/profile [root@qcloud git-2.15.1]# source /etc/profile [root@qcloud ~]# git --version git version 2.15.1 reference: 散尽浮华