# NAME gitgitr - Automatically fetch and build the most recent git. # VERSION version 0.904 # SYNOPSIS gitgitr -- fetches and builds the most recent version of git gitgitr -t -- fetches and builds the most recent version of git, and runs the test suite prior to installation gitgitr -v 1.8.0 -- fetches and builds version 1.8.0 of git # DESCRIPTION `gitgitr` is a tiny utility to simplify building the most recent (or, really, any arbitrary) version of `git`. This is something you probably only really need if you're obsessive about running the most recent version of `git`, or if you maintain something like [Git::Wrapper](https://metacpan.org/pod/Git::Wrapper), where the ability to quickly install a particular `git` version comes up way more often than you would like. # OPTIONS - --help / -h Displays basically the same information you're currently soaking in. - --no\_symlink / -N Don't symlink `/opt/git` to the new build directory - --prefix / -p Installation prefix for the current build. Defaults to `/opt/git-$GIT_VERSION_NUMBER` - --reinstall / -r By default, `gitgitr` will not build a version that's already installed. This flag will force it to build a version even if it is already preset. - --run\_tests / -t Makes `gitgitr` run the `git` test suite after building and before installing. If the test suite fails, the build will not be installed. Disabled by default because the test suite takes a really long time to run. - --verbose / -V Makes `gitgitr` be a lot more chatty about what it's doing - --version / -v Specifies what version of `git` to build. Defaults to the most recent version as found on the front page of [http://git-scm.com](http://git-scm.com) # SEE ALSO - [http://git-scm.com](http://git-scm.com) # AUTHOR John SJ Anderson # COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2016 by John SJ Anderson. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.