Getting a newer version of git onto CentOs 5

[bigtig]

Ah the joys of working with vintage OSes.

So if you add the usual yum repositories to CentOs 5, git and curl are available in the updates repository.

However, if you try to use git and do a push to a web DAV-based repository, say somewhere like github.com, you get the following error:

$> git push
fatal: git-push is not available for http/https

Comments

[zorinlynx]

It's always irritating when the rest of the world moves forward, leaving the distro you're running behind.

The thought of having to upgrade your entire distro because something you need to run requires a slightly newer version of a library is so irritating! And I tend to shy away from installing stuff in /usr/local or /opt because such things become a huge pain to consolidate when you do finally upgrade the system.

It's always important to think through: "Is what I'm doing right now going to cause 3x more work in the future? If so perhaps I should use a different strategy..."

At least that's one nice thing about UNIX systems... There's so many ways to get it done!