Upgrade Git version >= 1.7.10 on CentOS 6

Step 1: Install rpmforge Repository

Download and install rpmforge repository rpm using following commands.

RHEL/CentOS 6 - 64bit
# rpm -i 'http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm'
# rpm --import http://apt.sw.be/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt

RHEL/CentOS 6 - 32bit
# rpm -i 'http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.i686.rpm'
# rpm --import http://apt.sw.be/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt

Step 2: Edit rpmforge Yum Repository File

Edit your rpmforge repository file and change enabled=1 from 0 in [rpmforge-extras] section.

# vim /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo

change the enabled=0 flag to enabled=1 and save it.

Step 3: Upgrade git Version

Upgrade git version on your system using following command and check the upgraded version.

# yum update git

Check git version

# git --version
git version 1.7.12.4

Step 4: Finally disable rpmforge-extras Repo

Edit and disable rpmforge-extras repository in rpmforge.repo and clean the yum data.

# yum clean all