git-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "git-git" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install git-git on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall git-git on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "git-git" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone git-git's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/git-git.git 
            
                        
                ~/git-git
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/git-git folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/git-git
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the git-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1258810
Name: git-git
PackageBaseID: 104332
PackageBase: git-git
Version: 2.41.0.rc0.r0.g0df2c18090-1
Description: A fast distributed version control system
URL: https://git-scm.com/
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0.010477
OutOfDate: 1707948036
Maintainer: andrewSC
Submitter: eveharthbrooke
FirstSubmitted: 1449570105
LastModified: 1684253300
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/git-git.tar.gz