I just clone git to itself still the version of my git is still the same?
Running git --version still displays the old version. I cloned for too long, and I can git is till the same?
Note: my environment is Windows.
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post more details, try to find out `git` location using `which git` – Sandip Pingle Oct 08 '14 at 05:46
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using `which git` displays `/bin/git` – meetmahpuppy Oct 08 '14 at 05:48
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did you you compiled `git` using `make && make install`? this step will create `git` binary you need to create a link to this `git` to replace `/bin/git` – Sandip Pingle Oct 08 '14 at 05:51
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1`git` is not upgraded by `git clone`. It's like saying "I ordered a red pen but my diary is still all blue"... Tag the question with your operating system, the exact mechanism of upgrading the installed `git` will depend on that. – Amadan Oct 08 '14 at 05:51
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i cloned git using `git clone https://github.com/git/git` as it was mentioned here http://git-scm.com/downloads – meetmahpuppy Oct 08 '14 at 05:54
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I got downvoted because I just forgot to put the environment? :( harsh – meetmahpuppy Oct 08 '14 at 06:20
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git clone https://github.com/git/git would only clone git source.
You still need to compile and install it in order to see any change.
You can see the process describe in the INSTALL file.
Those are Unix sources.
If you want to upgrade on Windows, then you need msysgit, which is the Windows development environment for git, needed for building "Git for Windows").
See the "contribute" section: you can install that building environment with msysGit-netinstall-1.9.4-preview20140929.exe.
The msysgit mailing list can help too.
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so it's an .exe huh? :( then I just cloned git for too long for nothing? :( – meetmahpuppy Oct 08 '14 at 06:14
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@meetmahpuppy that exe will in turn clone a modified version of git/git, and setup a development environment with msys C compiler. – VonC Oct 08 '14 at 06:16