Updating to Git 1.7.1Edit

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Local update (Mac OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard)

Notes made while updating from Git 1.7.0.4 to Git 1.7.1 (skipped over Git 1.7.0.5) from within a local clone of the official upstream Git repository on Mac OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard:

$ git fetch
$ git tag -v v1.7.1
$ git co v1.7.1                                                       # "co" is an alias for "checkout"
$ make clean
$ make prefix=/usr/local test
$ sudo make prefix=/usr/local install quick-install-man
$ diff -u ~/.git-completion.sh contrib/completion/git-completion.bash # any changes to Bash completion?
$ cp contrib/completion/git-completion.bash ~/.git-completion.sh      # yes, install it

Remote update (Fedora Linux)

Not yet performed. See ticket #1489.