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gitgit-clone

Get latest stable version git

I use git clone https://github.com/git/git.git to clone locally and subsequently install git program. Unfortunately when the install procedure end, the version of the software is 2.12.0.rc2.2g80ba04ed9.

How to clone the latest stable version instead of a Release Candidate?

Solution

  • Releases are marked with tags. Just check out the latest stable one, and build as you normally did. The current latest stable build is 2.11.1:

    $ git checkout v2.11.1

    For a more general approach, you could use git tag and some shell scripting to deduce the latest stable tag automatically:

    $ git checkout `git tag | sort -V | grep -v "\-rc" | tail -1`