How To Install git-tools on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-tools on CentOS 8.
What is git-tools
Assorted git-related scripts and tools git-branches-rename Batch renames branches with a matching prefix to another prefix git-clone-subset Clones a subset of a git repository git-find-uncommitted-repos Recursively list repos with uncommitted changes git-rebase-theirs Resolve rebase conflicts and failed cherry-picks by favoring ’theirs’ version git-restore-mtime Restore original modification time of files based on the date of the most recent commit that modified them git-strip-merge A git-merge wrapper that deletes files on a “foreign” branch before merging
We can use yum or dnf to install git-tools on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install git-tools.
Install git-tools on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install git-tools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install git-tools
Install git-tools on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install git-tools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install git-tools
How To Uninstall git-tools on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the git-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove git-tools
git-tools Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/git-branches-rename
/usr/bin/git-clone-subset
/usr/bin/git-find-uncommitted-repos
/usr/bin/git-rebase-theirs
/usr/bin/git-restore-mtime
/usr/bin/git-strip-merge
/usr/share/doc/git-tools
/usr/share/doc/git-tools/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/git-tools
/usr/share/licenses/git-tools/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/git-branches-rename.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-clone-subset.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-find-uncommitted-repos.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-rebase-theirs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-restore-mtime.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/git-strip-merge.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-tools on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.