You could use a IUS repository (https://ius.io/) as provided on Git official site here or here. It contains prebuilt binaries for x86_64.
To do that, run (as root):
yum install epel-release
yum remove git
rpm -U https://centos7.iuscommunity.org/ius-release.rpm
yum install git2u
(centos7 can be replaced with centos6 or rhel{6,7} if you are not using CentOS).
Note: some users report that there is no more package called git2u. You can also try packages git222 or git224 in that case.
Note: git2u is no longer valid. You can check in github for the latest IUS Git version. https://github.com/search?q=org%3Aiusrepo+topic%3Arpm+git&s=updated&type=repositories
It worked for me using "sudo yum install git236".
Another option would be to use another RPM repository (i386 & x86_64):
sudo yum -y install https://packages.endpointdev.com/rhel/7/os/x86_64/endpoint-repo.x86_64.rpm
sudo yum install git
Note 2: as reported @alaindeseine in comments there is an issue accessing https://centos7.iuscommunity.org/ius-release.rpm. In that case use https://repo.ius.io/ius-release-el7.rpm
I have this approach for CentOS 7.2:
rpm -U http://opensource.wandisco.com/centos/7/git/x86_64/wandisco-git-release-7-2.noarch.rpm \
&& yum install -y git
At the moment I have 2.10.0 GIT version.
Or for CentOS 7.1 the same path but wandisco-git-release-7-1.noarch.rpm.
You may inspect available releases http://opensource.wandisco.com/centos/7/git/x86_64/
What is working for me for CentOS 7:
yum install \
https://repo.ius.io/ius-release-el7.rpm \
https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
yum remove git
yum install git236
Ref:
Building from source is quite straightforward. Digital Ocean has a nice guide on building Git from source on CentOS 7. Place the resulting binary in /usr/local/bin/ on your CentOS 7 system (which, by default, is included in your $PATH) and you're good to go.
Of course you would prefer packages/using the repo, however given your situation I would not hesitate building it myself.
For general information; Push to Deploy was introduced in Git 2.3.0. Make sure to use this version or above.
Red Hat maintains a software collection for Git 2.9:
https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/rh-git29/
This is the easiest and safest way to get Git 2.x on CentOS.
The "Inline with Upstream Stable" (https://ius.io/) repo looks pretty good to me.
It has git 2.x rpms which play nicely with the rpm conflicts system.
You can find git rpms here:
https://dl.iuscommunity.org/pub/ius/stable/CentOS/7/x86_64/repoview/letter_g.group.html
I found the SCL (Software Collections) way to be more cumbersome. They're very careful not to interfere with the user who doesn't use them. A bit over careful in my opinion.
Here are the steps for those who can't use non standard/external repositories on Centos 7.6.
These steps are also suitable to be placed in a Dockerfile (if you don't want to upgrade Centos version)
yum update -y
yum install wget which zlib-devel perl-devel -y
wget https://github.com/git/git/archive/v2.26.2.tar.gz -O /tmp/git.tar.gz
cd /tmp && tar -zxf git.tar.gz
cd /tmp/git-2.26.2
make configure
# ./configure # to overwrite your existing git and YUM managed git locations
./configure --prefix=/usr/local # standard way
make install
whereis git
If somebody is looking for an ansible script running on RHEL7:
- name: Remove build-in GIT
yum:
name: git
state: absent
become: true
- name: Download epel-release
get_url:
url: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
dest: ~/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
- name: Install epel-release
yum:
name: epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
state: present
become: true
- name: Download uis-release
get_url:
url: https://repo.ius.io/ius-release-el7.rpm
dest: ~/ius-release-el7.rpm
- name: Install uis-release
yum:
name: ius-release-el7.rpm
state: present
become: true
- name: Install git 224
yum:
name: git224.x86_64
state: present
become: true
If you are looking for some other git version, check available versions after installing uis-release using
sudo yum list git*
After CentOS 7 end of life maybe you get error when update repo.
Last version Centos 7.9.2009 (Same as my case)
Create file
nano /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Vault.repo
Fill the file
# C7.9.2009
[C7.9.2009-base]
name=CentOS-7.9.2009 - Base
baseurl=http://vault.centos.org/7.9.2009/os/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7
enabled=1
[C7.9.2009-updates]
name=CentOS-7.9.2009 - Updates
baseurl=http://vault.centos.org/7.9.2009/updates/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7
enabled=1
[C7.9.2009-extras]
name=CentOS-7.9.2009 - Extras
baseurl=http://vault.centos.org/7.9.2009/extras/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7
enabled=1
[C7.9.2009-centosplus]
name=CentOS-7.9.2009 - CentOSPlus
baseurl=http://vault.centos.org/7.9.2009/centosplus/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7
enabled=1
[C7.9.2009-fasttrack]
name=CentOS-7.9.2009 - CentOSPlus
baseurl=http://vault.centos.org/7.9.2009/fasttrack/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7
enabled=1
then create file
nano /etc/yum.repos.d/endpoint.repo
fill the file with this :
[endpoint]
name=End Point repository
baseurl=https://packages.endpointdev.com/rhel/$releasever/os/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-endpoint-7
protect=0
then update with :
yum update
install git :
yum install git
Installing:
git x86_64 2.43.0-1.ep7 endpoint
Installing for dependencies:
git-core x86_64 2.43.0-1.ep7 endpoint
git-core-doc noarch 2.43.0-1.ep7 endpoint
pcre2 x86_64 10.23-2.el7 C7.9.2009-base
perl-Error noarch 1:0.17020-2.el7 C7.9.2009-base
perl-Git noarch 2.43.0-1.ep7 endpoint
perl-TermReadKey x86_64 2.30-20.el7 C7.9.2009-base
On RHEL 7.8, I got conflict errors when trying to yum upgrade git (from version 1.8 to 2.24):
Error: git224-core conflicts with git-1.8.3.1-23.el7_8.x86_64
Error: git224 conflicts with git-1.8.3.1-23.el7_8.x86_64
Error: git224-perl-Git conflicts with perl-Git-1.8.3.1-23.el7_8.noarch
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
To workaround this I used yum shell commands:
$ sudo yum shell
> erase git
> install git224
> run
...
Removed:
git.x86_64 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_8
Dependency Removed:
perl-Git.noarch 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_8
Installed:
git224.x86_64 0:2.24.3-1.el7.ius
Dependency Installed:
git224-core.x86_64 0:2.24.3-1.el7.ius
git224-core-doc.noarch 0:2.24.3-1.el7.ius
git224-perl-Git.noarch 0:2.24.3-1.el7.ius
> quit
$ git --version
git version 2.24.3
There is an official, made by RedHat, package with git 2.27 available for both x86_64 and ARM64 available in Software Collections.
You can install it with:
yum install -y centos-release-scl-rh
yum install -y rh-git227-git
Note that by design it is installed under /opt and is not in your PATH by default.
You can easily make it the preferred git binary f.e. with a symlink:
ln -s /opt/rh/rh-git227/root/usr/bin/git /usr/local/bin/git
UPDATE: oups, sorry, while this package is a worth consideration way to go, it’s not that easy to use software collections. You have to enable the collection, I will update the answer later.
$ sudo yum list git*
Installed Packages
git.x86_64 1.8.3.1-20.el7 @base
Available Packages
git.x86_64 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9 updates
git-svn.x86_64 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9 updates
git236.x86_64 2.36.6-1.el7.ius ius
git236-all.noarch 2.36.6-1.el7.ius ius
git236-core.x86_64 2.36.6-1.el7.ius ius
Choose from above git pkg list e.g git236
$ sudo yum shell
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
> erase git
> install git236
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: linux.mirrors.es.net
* epel: mirrors.sonic.net
* extras: centos-distro.cavecreek.net
* updates: mirror.team-cymru.com
> run
--> Running transaction check
---> Package git.x86_64 0:1.8.3.1-20.el7 will be erased
--> Processing Dependency: git = 1.8.3.1-20.el7 for package: perl-Git-1.8.3.1-20.el7.noarch
---> Package git236.x86_64 0:2.36.6-1.el7.ius will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: perl-Git = 2.36.6-1.el7.ius for package: git236-2.36.6-1.el7.ius.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: git-core-doc = 2.36.6-1.el7.ius for package: git236-2.36.6-1.el7.ius.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: git-core = 2.36.6-1.el7.ius for package: git236-2.36.6-1.el7.ius.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: perl(Git::I18N) for package: git236-2.36.6-1.el7.ius.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: perl(Git) for package: git236-2.36.6-1.el7.ius.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package git236-core.x86_64 0:2.36.6-1.el7.ius will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libpcre2-8.so.0()(64bit) for package: git236-core-2.36.6-1.el7.ius.x86_64
---> Package git236-core-doc.noarch 0:2.36.6-1.el7.ius will be installed
---> Package git236-perl-Git.noarch 0:2.36.6-1.el7.ius will be installed
---> Package perl-Git.noarch 0:1.8.3.1-20.el7 will be erased
--> Running transaction check
---> Package pcre2.x86_64 0:10.23-2.el7 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
git236 x86_64 2.36.6-1.el7.ius ius 71 k
Removing:
git x86_64 1.8.3.1-20.el7 @base 22 M
Installing for dependencies:
git236-core x86_64 2.36.6-1.el7.ius ius 6.9 M
git236-core-doc noarch 2.36.6-1.el7.ius ius 2.8 M
git236-perl-Git noarch 2.36.6-1.el7.ius ius 46 k
pcre2 x86_64 10.23-2.el7 base 201 k
Removing for dependencies:
perl-Git noarch 1.8.3.1-20.el7 @base 57 k
Transaction Summary
Install 1 Package (+4 Dependent packages)
Remove 1 Package (+1 Dependent package)
Total download size: 9.9 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
warning: /var/cache/yum/x86_64/7/ius/packages/git236-2.36.6-1.el7.ius.x86_64.rpm: Header V4 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 4b274df2: NOKEY ] 0.0 B/s | 0 B --:--:-- ETA
Public key for git236-2.36.6-1.el7.ius.x86_64.rpm is not installed
(1/5): git236-2.36.6-1.el7.ius.x86_64.rpm | 71 kB 00:00:00
(2/5): git236-core-2.36.6-1.el7.ius.x86_64.rpm | 6.9 MB 00:00:00
(3/5): git236-core-doc-2.36.6-1.el7.ius.noarch.rpm | 2.8 MB 00:00:00
(4/5): git236-perl-Git-2.36.6-1.el7.ius.noarch.rpm | 46 kB 00:00:00
(5/5): pcre2-10.23-2.el7.x86_64.rpm | 201 kB 00:00:00
Total 9.2 MB/s | 9.9 MB 00:00:01
Retrieving key from file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-IUS-7
Importing GPG key 0x4B274DF2:
Userid : "IUS (7) <dev@ius.io>"
Fingerprint: c958 7a09 a11f d706 4f0c a0f4 e558 0725 4b27 4df2
Package : ius-release-2-1.el7.ius.noarch (installed)
From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-IUS-7
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
Installing : pcre2-10.23-2.el7.x86_64 1/7
Installing : git236-core-2.36.6-1.el7.ius.x86_64 2/7
Installing : git236-core-doc-2.36.6-1.el7.ius.noarch 3/7
Installing : git236-perl-Git-2.36.6-1.el7.ius.noarch 4/7
Installing : git236-2.36.6-1.el7.ius.x86_64 5/7
Erasing : perl-Git-1.8.3.1-20.el7.noarch 6/7
Erasing : git-1.8.3.1-20.el7.x86_64 7/7
Verifying : pcre2-10.23-2.el7.x86_64 1/7
Verifying : git236-core-doc-2.36.6-1.el7.ius.noarch 2/7
Verifying : git236-core-2.36.6-1.el7.ius.x86_64 3/7
Verifying : git236-2.36.6-1.el7.ius.x86_64 4/7
Verifying : git236-perl-Git-2.36.6-1.el7.ius.noarch 5/7
Verifying : git-1.8.3.1-20.el7.x86_64 6/7
Verifying : perl-Git-1.8.3.1-20.el7.noarch 7/7
Removed:
git.x86_64 0:1.8.3.1-20.el7
Dependency Removed:
perl-Git.noarch 0:1.8.3.1-20.el7
Installed:
git236.x86_64 0:2.36.6-1.el7.ius
Dependency Installed:
git236-core.x86_64 0:2.36.6-1.el7.ius git236-core-doc.noarch 0:2.36.6-1.el7.ius git236-perl-Git.noarch 0:2.36.6-1.el7.ius pcre2.x86_64 0:10.23-2.el7
Finished Transaction
> quit
Leaving Shell
Check/validate git version after upgrade.
$ git --version
git version 2.36.6
