yum upgrade Cannot Upgrade Git to Latest Version

In CentOS7, the default git version is 1.8.x

Check Local Git Version

git --version
git version 1.8.3.1

If you want to use yum to upgrade to 2.0+ version

Direct yum Upgrade Won’t Upgrade to Latest Version

yum -y upgrade git
git version 1.8.3.1

But I don’t want to download source package, compile on local machine and export environment variables that way. Still too troublesome.

yum Upgrade Git Version to 2.0+

Git Third-Party Repository Installation (IUS)

# Install using the automated installation script mentioned inside
curl https://setup.ius.io | sh

yum search git 

# Remove local git, install git2u
yum remove -y git | yum -y install git2u

# Check current version
git --version
# Successfully upgraded
> git version 2.16.4

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