0003496: Update the git package to 1:2.9.3-1

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0003496	Kali Linux	Tool Upgrade Request	public	2016-08-24 15:12	2016-09-01 13:07

Reporter	ccmcdee	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	2016.1
Fixed in Version	2016.2

Summary	0003496: Update the git package to 1:2.9.3-1
Description	It seems that kali repos have an older version of git than the one currently in the (testing branch) Debian repos: root@offsec:~/Desktop/metasploit-framework# apt policy git git: Installed: 1:2.8.1-1 Candidate: 1:2.8.1-1 Version table: *** 1:2.8.1-1 500 500 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status root@offsec:~# git --version git version 2.8.1 ================================================================ Package git `stretch (testing) (vcs): fast, scalable, distributed revision control system 1:2.9.3-1: amd64 arm64 armel armhf i386 mips mips64el mipsel powerpc ppc64el s390x` Could this be updated please! =========================================== Running the current version produces this output: root@offsec:~# git status fatal: bad object HEAD fatal: 'git status --porcelain' failed in submodule Templates/Git/git root@offsec:~# It is unknown if this is reflected do to version or something else.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2016-08-24 15:12	ccmcdee	New Issue
2016-08-24 18:53	ccmcdee	Note Added: 0005670
2016-09-01 13:07	sbrun	Note Added: 0005726
2016-09-01 13:07	sbrun	Status	new => resolved
2016-09-01 13:07	sbrun	Resolution	open => fixed
2016-09-01 13:07	sbrun	Fixed in Version	=> 2016.2
2021-05-31 13:37	rhertzog	Category	Tool Upgrade => Tool Upgrade Request

ccmcdee 2016-08-24 18:53 reporter ~0005670	So, removing the git downloaded and compiled from git.com seems to have solved the bad object HEAD issue.

sbrun 2016-09-01 13:07 manager ~0005726	we have now same version in debian testing and in kali-rolling: version 1:2.9.3-1