Install git 2.x on CentOS 6/7
1 min readMay 24, 2019
By default, even CentOS 7 comes with git v1.7.1 — to install git 2.x we need other git repository
- use WANDisco’s git repository 2.x for CentOS 6/7
with CentOS 6
yum install http://opensource.wandisco.com/centos/6/git/x86_64/wandisco-git-release-6-1.noarch.rpm
with CentOS 7.2 (replace 7–1 to install for 7.1)
yum install http://opensource.wandisco.com/centos/7/git/x86_64/wandisco-git-release-7-2.noarch.rpm
2. Install git
verify git repos version on current server
yum info git
The result like this
Available Packages
Name : git
Arch : x86_64
Version : 2.18.0
Release : 1.WANdisco.402
Size : 7.1 M
Repo : WANdisco-git/7/x86_64
Summary : Fast Version Control System
URL : http://www.wandisco.com
License : GPLv2
Description : Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.
The git rpm installs the core tools with minimal dependencies. To install all git packages, including tools for integrating with other. SCMs, install the git-all meta-package.
Ready to install
yum install git -y
Verify installed version
git --version