installing Git

CentOS

Use sudo yum install centos-release-scl && sudo yum install rh-git29 && scl enable rh-git29 bash to install Git 2.9.

Ubuntu

Use sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa -y && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install git -y to install from Ubuntu PPA.

licensing

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prior work

• The ppa:git-core/ppa PPA and the bulk of the installation script was introduced to me by an answer on Ask Ubuntu by muru.
• The bulk of the CentOS installation script was introduced to me by a page on Software Collections.