How To Install git-merge-changelog on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-merge-changelog on CentOS 7.

What is git-merge-changelog

Git Merge Changelog is a git merge driver for changelogs that combines parallel additions to the changelog without generating merge conflicts. It can be enabled for specific files by setting appropriate git attributes.

We can use yum or dnf to install git-merge-changelog on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install git-merge-changelog.

Install git-merge-changelog on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install git-merge-changelog using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install git-merge-changelog

Install git-merge-changelog on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install git-merge-changelog using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install git-merge-changelog

How To Uninstall git-merge-changelog on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the git-merge-changelog package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove git-merge-changelog

References

• git-merge-changelog website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-merge-changelog on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.