[CentOS-devel] SCL and git 2.X

[Karanbir Singh]

On 02/20/2015 01:02 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 5:19 AM, Vacelet, Manuel
> <manuel.vacelet at enalean.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 12:37 AM, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> On 19/02/15 16:48, Vacelet, Manuel wrote:
>>>
>>>> TL;DR: I need recent version of git (2.3 ATM) and I need it on centos6
>>>> and centos7.
>>>
>>> this is great! We can either do it via a SCL or just inplace distro
>>> package replacement ( into the Plus repos ). Since you have already had
>>> a stab at doing this with the 1.9 git on scl's - that might be the best
>>> route to take here as well.
> 
> I'd start from the variants over at
> http://dl.iuscommunity.org/pub/ius/stable/CentOS/6/SRPMS/, which is a
> pretty nice repository for such opodated packages. Those are version
> 2.2, named with package names like "git2u". I'd update and name a
> variant "git2.3u" or something like that.

I wouldnt. I would start from the git19 SCL. makes it far more portable
and non intrusive. Its the exact sort of thing SCL makes easy

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