ETCS
How to update Git to version 1.7.11 or newer on CentOS 6.x by enabling the RPMForge extras repository.
Downloading RPMForge repo
cd /tmp # for 32 bit: wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.i686.rpm # for 64 bit: wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm
Note: Visit here to see if newer version exist.
Installing RPMForge
rpm –import http://apt.sw.be/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt # for 32 bit: rpm -i rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.i686.rpm # for 64 bit: rpm -i rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm
Open Extra Repo
yum clean all
cd /etc/yum.repos.d
edit using vi/vom/mc rpmforge.repo: change the enabled flag to enabled=1 in the section [rpmforge-extras].
Update Git
yum update git
yum provides git will help you see all versions available.
git –version
Will show you have the new release installed. (1.7.11.3 for me)
That’s it!