Stuff doesn't change on a developer's whim, it stays the same for the entire 10 year lifespan of the distro. You have to specifically install their replacement and (for the ones I've used) they conflict with the original so you cannot have both installed.Īlso, WHY are you doing this anyway? CentOS packages may be old but they are stable and that's the main advantage of CentOS. This is one reason why we tend to recommend IUS as a replacement since they name their packages differently (git2u vs git in this case) so adding their repo will not automatically replace CentOS supplied packages. Having added that repo, you will now get any other updates to any other packages that they provide that are newer than ours. We don't generally recommend third party yum repos that replace packages from CentOS repos. The second command then updates the git package and finds a newer version in the new repo that you just installed. Your first command installs package that sets up a new yum repo - one I've never heard of and is not our recommended list. How is this done? Where is Git installed and how do I ensure I'm not deleting the new Git I installed above? Lastly, help me delete the old version of Git. Is there something I should be aware of that can get a person into trouble with conflicting repositories or whatever? Also how does this work? Where is this magical file that allows me to enter a repo url and make use it every time I do. Would someone be so kind in helping me understand each command that is needed to do the following.Įnsure that whenever I do I'm bringing in updates from Git. Most of these descriptions are very poorly explained from a newbie standpoint. It goes on into saying if you have version 1.8 there's something special you need to execute from the command line. One post suggests using this WANDisco's repository and another person is saying to use a rpm repo. However, there's so many 'if.else if.else if.' kind of talk going on I have no idea what to do.

How do I update my current version (v1.8) of Git to the latest? I've found a few different questions like this on Stack Overflow.

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