Git 1.8.5.6 was released in 2014 so it's not that old. I suppose the versions wasn't bumped further because there weren't any problems with it, as the package manager can't rely on newer git features anyway (because we support systems with older git versions installed by the user). It should be noted also that master has switched over to a libgit2-based package manager, so we will most likely stop shipping the full command line versions of git.
On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 8:27 AM, Sisyphuss <[email protected]> wrote: > Related: > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/julia-users/LBb08MDWu4U > > > On Saturday, November 28, 2015 at 10:28:29 AM UTC+1, Arin Basu wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> As I wrote earlier, yesterday I offered a workshop on introducing Julia >> at my university. After the workshop, one of the attendees asked me this >> question: >> >> " It turns out that Julia version 0.4.1 has git packaged with it: >> >> *shell> **which git* >> >> /Applications/Julia-0.4.1.app/Contents/Resources/julia/libexec/git-core/git >> >> *shell> **git --version* >> git version 1.8.5.6 >> >> And from the terminal command line: >> >> jm500:~ >> $/Applications/Julia-0.4.1.app/Contents/Resources/julia/libexec/git-core/git >> --version >> git version 1.8.5.6 >> >> Either a mistake, which I’d think unlikely, or there is a deliberate use >> of an old version of git?" >> >> What may be the reason of including an older version of git in Julia? >> Would greatly appreciate if you can provide some words to the wise. >> >> Best, >> Arin >> >
