Current git version

ihle

Hi,
I'm new to Opalstack and trying to install a go app.
Unfortunately, I get an error saying "git fetch-pack: expected shallow list".
Apparently, the git version on my server too old (1.8.3.1)

How can I install a recent git version?

Cheers,
Matt

sean

ihle If you'd like to install a more recent version of git you can build it from source as whatever shell user like this:

mkdir ~/src ~/tmp ~/opt ~/usr
export TMPDIR=~/tmp
cd ~/src
wget https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.29.2.tar.gz
tar zxf git-2.29.2.tar.gz
cd git-2.29.2
./configure --prefix=$HOME/opt --mandir=$HOME/usr
make
make install
export PATH=$HOME/opt/bin:$PATH

digitalmoksha

sean I'm curious as to why we're running such an old version of git. I ran into a similar problem, I currently use git -C <path> pull in my deployment scripts, which I guess is not supported on 1.x. WF is using 2.29.2.

I don't really want to have to install a recent git on each of my user accounts. Any hope of getting this upgraded?

Also, what do you think about using

wget https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.29.2.tar.gz

instead? That's, from Oct 29, 2020, while 2.9.5 is from 2017. (Of course, if you look at the page https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/, it's not sorted naturally, so 2.9.5 actually is at the end of the list 😆 )

senrab

sean should this still work?
I have tried and it all seemed to install fine, but the git command still uses the old version.
Do I need to uninstall the old version or something?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

ihle

worked like charm! thanks a lot

sean

digitalmoksha We're running the version that's packaged with CentOS7.

We'll be rolling out new servers in 2021 with CentOS8, those servers will have a newer version of git as the default install.

sean

digitalmoksha Also, what do you think about using

wget https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.29.2.tar.gz

Sure, go for it 🙂

digitalmoksha

sean Ha, no I meant updating your post to specify 2.29.2 😃

sean

digitalmoksha 🤣 done

davidlh

Still works great, thanks. Check https://git-scm.com/downloads for latest version. (2.31.1 for me.)

sean

senrab did you run export PATH=$HOME/opt/bin:$PATH prior to running git?

senrab

sean I thought I did but I ran it again and it works now. So obviously I didn't. Thank you.

sean

senrab Ok, note that the export command will only be valid for the current shell session.

If you'd like that set automatically every time you log in, then add that same command to the end of the file /home/shelluser/.bash_profile in your shell user's home directory.