# Upgradin git

3 messages from 2010-06-21 to 2010-06-21. Participants: jhapk, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Todd Zullinger.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/24158

## jhapk, 2010-06-21 18:34

Subject: Upgradin git
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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, 2010-06-21 18:47

Subject: Re: Upgradin git
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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

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## Todd Zullinger, 2010-06-21 20:22

Subject: Re: Upgradin git
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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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