This guide is for installing the latest release of Git on CentOS 7 server. The git version available on CentOS 7 repository is a bit old, 1.x. If you need a newer version of Git, then use this guide to install it.
Git is a distributed version control system used to track file changes to coordinate work on those files among team members. Git is the most widely used version control system in the world today.
Start by checking installed version of git on your CentOS 7 server.
$ git --version
git version 1.8.3.1
Install Latest git on CentOS 7 from End Point repository
Endpoint is a community project that provides RPM packages for newer versions of select software for Enterprise Linux distributions. The aim of the project is to create high-quality RPM packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CentOS.
Remove old git
sudo yum remove git*Add End Point CentOS 7 repo
The quickest way of installing the latest version of Git on CentOS 7 is from the End Point repository.
sudo yum -y install https://packages.endpoint.com/rhel/7/os/x86_64/endpoint-repo-1.7-1.x86_64.rpmOnce repository is added, install Git 2.x on CentOS 7:
sudo yum install gitHit the y key to accept installation then install git on CentOS 7.
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
git x86_64 2.24.1-1.ep7 endpoint 139 k
Installing for dependencies:
emacs-filesystem noarch 1:24.3-23.el7 base 58 k
git-core x86_64 2.24.1-1.ep7 endpoint 5.1 M
git-core-doc noarch 2.24.1-1.ep7 endpoint 2.4 M
libsecret x86_64 0.18.6-1.el7 base 153 k
pcre2 x86_64 10.23-2.el7 base 201 k
perl x86_64 4:5.16.3-295.el7 base 8.0 M
perl-Carp noarch 1.26-244.el7 base 19 k
perl-Encode x86_64 2.51-7.el7 base 1.5 M
perl-Error noarch 1:0.17020-2.el7 base 32 k
perl-Exporter noarch 5.68-3.el7 base 28 k
perl-File-Path noarch 2.09-2.el7 base 26 k
perl-File-Temp noarch 0.23.01-3.el7 base 56 k
perl-Filter x86_64 1.49-3.el7 base 76 k
perl-Getopt-Long noarch 2.40-3.el7 base 56 k
perl-Git noarch 2.24.1-1.ep7 endpoint 47 k
perl-HTTP-Tiny noarch 0.033-3.el7 base 38 k
perl-PathTools x86_64 3.40-5.el7 base 82 k
perl-Pod-Escapes noarch 1:1.04-295.el7 base 51 k
perl-Pod-Perldoc noarch 3.20-4.el7 base 87 k
perl-Pod-Simple noarch 1:3.28-4.el7 base 216 k
perl-Pod-Usage noarch 1.63-3.el7 base 27 k
perl-Scalar-List-Utils x86_64 1.27-248.el7 base 36 k
perl-Socket x86_64 2.010-5.el7 base 49 k
perl-Storable x86_64 2.45-3.el7 base 77 k
perl-TermReadKey x86_64 2.30-20.el7 base 31 k
perl-Text-ParseWords noarch 3.29-4.el7 base 14 k
perl-Time-HiRes x86_64 4:1.9725-3.el7 base 45 k
perl-Time-Local noarch 1.2300-2.el7 base 24 k
perl-constant noarch 1.27-2.el7 base 19 k
perl-libs x86_64 4:5.16.3-295.el7 base 689 k
perl-macros x86_64 4:5.16.3-295.el7 base 44 k
perl-parent noarch 1:0.225-244.el7 base 12 k
perl-podlators noarch 2.5.1-3.el7 base 112 k
perl-threads x86_64 1.87-4.el7 base 49 k
perl-threads-shared x86_64 1.43-6.el7 base 39 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package (+35 Dependent packages)
Total download size: 20 M
Installed size: 78 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]:yCheck git version after installing git2u-all package
$ git --version git version 2.24.1
As confirmed, the current version of Git is 2.16.5
Install Latest Git (2.x) from source on CentOS 7
In this method, you’ll be tasked with building git from source code. Install dependency packages required:
sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
sudo yum -y install wget perl-CPAN gettext-devel perl-devel openssl-devel zlib-develDownload and install latest git:
sudo yum -y install wget
export VER="2.26.2"
wget https://github.com/git/git/archive/v${VER}.tar.gz
tar -xvf v${VER}.tar.gz
rm -f v${VER}.tar.gz
cd git-*
sudo make installexport VER="2.22.0"
wget https://github.com/git/git/archive/v${VER}.tar.gz
tar -xvf v${VER}.tar.gz
rm -f v${VER}.tar.gz
cd git-*
sudo make install
Check new version of git installed on your system
$ git --version git version 2.22.0
You should now have the latest release of Git on your CentOS 7 server.
