ubuntu upgrade git

[Ubuntu 12.04]

The git on ubuntu 12.04 is a little old, so I upgrade the git from git repository.

1. remove git

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$ sudo apt-get remove git

$ sudo apt-get purge git (this step remove git configuration file, if not will cause "bash: /usr/lib/git-core/git-sh-prompt: No such file or directory" error)

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2. install new git

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$ git clone git://github.com/git/git.git

$ cd git

$ make

$ make install  (installed to /home/<user>/bin)

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3. after git is remove, the tig can not be used

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$ git clone git://github.com/jonas/tig.git

$ ./autogen.sh

$ ./configure

$ make

$ sudo make install

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You may meet following errors

1. Can't locate Error.pm in @INC

[Solved] $ sudo apt-get install liberror-perl