Unsupported Git version
git, github, intellij-idea
Solution
The question was not as simple as upgrading git to newer version. I faced a lot of problem. Even after considering the suggestion to upgrade the git version CentOS repo has version 1.7 only whereas latest stable release is 1.8.4.3. This resulted in compatibility issues.
I had to download the sources. Build and install it. Then configure my Intellij IDEA to use this new installed version.
I have documents each step in this post. Hope it helps others facing similar problem in the future.
Problem
I forked repository `https://github.com/hornetq/hornetq.git` so that it comes under my user id `https://github.com/aniket91/hornetq.git`. Then i cloned this repository to my local machine. This is successful ``` [aniket@localhost hornetMq]$ git clone https://github.com/aniket91/hornetq.git Initialized empty Git repository in /home/aniket/hornetMq/hornetq/.git/ remote: Counting objects: 261664, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (74027/74027), done. remote: Total 261664 (delta 156514), reused 252367 (delta 147734) Receiving objects: 100% (261664/261664), 128.22 MiB | 334 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (156514/156514), done. ``` Now I wanted to import this project into my Intellij IDEA. So I did import project and selected the project root. Each time I open the project it gives me following error ``` 6:03:17 PM Unsupported Git version The configured version of Git is not supported: 1.7.1.0. The minimal supported version is 1.7.1.1. Please update. ``` I have been using command line git for quite some time now. It works fine even with Eclipse ADT which I use for my android project. So what is the issue here? Do I need to change any setting in Intellij IDEA to use it with lower git version? Or if I update git will it affect other got projects? And also how do I update present git with command line?(Maybe anything similar to yum update). I would really prefer a workaround without changing the git version. Any suggestions are appreciated though. Also my git version is indeed 1.7.1 ``` [aniket@localhost hornetMq]$ git version git version 1.7.1 ```