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Upgradin git

Subject: Upgradin git

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3 messages between Jun 21, 2010 and Jun 21, 2010.

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jhapk· Jun 21, 2010, 18:34 UTC · lore

Hi,

I am using fedora and I don't have the root access. The git installed on the system is 1.5.2.2 and I want to upgrade it to 1.7.1

I downloaded git and followed the instructions and installed the files in my $HOME/bin/git folder. Git has created four folders in this folder : bin/ lib/ libexec/ share/

Now what should I do to make fedora read the files from this new git rather than using the default older git?

Thanks

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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason· Jun 21, 2010, 18:47 UTC · re: jhapk · lore

Re: Upgradin git

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 18:34, jhapk <pradeep.kumar.jha@gmail.com> wrote:

> Now what should I do to make fedora read the files from this new git rather
> than using the default older git?

Change your PATH, see http://kb.iu.edu/data/acar.html

Todd Zullinger· Jun 21, 2010, 20:22 UTC · re: jhapk · lore

Re: Upgradin git

jhapk wrote:

> I am using fedora and I don't have the root access. The git
> installed on the system is 1.5.2.2 and I want to upgrade it to 1.7.1

Ouch, you must be using a really ancient version of Fedora. Fedora 11 is the oldest release currently supported and it contains 1.6.2.5. 1.7.1 is in updates-testing for both Fedora 12 and 13.

Perhaps it's also worth mentioning for the archives that the fedora packages are designed to cleanly build in mock¹ for RHEL/CentOS >= 4 as well as previous Fedora releases.

¹ mock is fedora's main build tool, usable with little to no
  configuration on RHEL/CentOS/Fedora systems.

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