How to install latest version of git on CentOS 7.x/6.x

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AmirHd picture AmirHd · Feb 17, 2014 · Viewed 239k times · Source

I used the usual: 

yum install git

It did not install the latest version of git on my CentOS 6. How can I update to the latest version of git for CentOS 6? The solution can be applicable to newer versions of CentOS such as CentOS 7.

Answer

Joseph Leedy picture Joseph Leedy · Dec 28, 2014

You can use WANDisco's CentOS repository to install Git 2.x: for CentOS 6, for CentOS 7

  1. Install WANDisco repo package:

    yum install http://opensource.wandisco.com/centos/6/git/x86_64/wandisco-git-release-6-1.noarch.rpm
- or -
yum install http://opensource.wandisco.com/centos/7/git/x86_64/wandisco-git-release-7-1.noarch.rpm
- or -
yum install http://opensource.wandisco.com/centos/7/git/x86_64/wandisco-git-release-7-2.noarch.rpm

  2. Install the latest version of Git 2.x:

    yum install git

  3. Verify the version of Git that was installed:

    git --version

As of 02 Mar. 2020, the latest available version from WANDisco is 2.22.0.

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