# NAME

gitgitr - Automatically fetch and build the most recent git.

# VERSION

version 0.4

# SYNOPSIS

    gitgitr
      -- fetches and builds the most recent version of git

    gitgitr -t
      -- fetches and builds the most recent version of git, and runs the
         test suite prior to installation

    gitgitr -v 1.8.0
      -- fetches and builds version 1.8.0 of git

# DESCRIPTION

gitgitr is a tiny utility to simplify building the most recent (or,
really, any arbitrary) version of git. This is something you probably
only really need if you're obsessive about running the most recent
version of git, or if you maintain something like [Git::Wrapper](https://metacpan.org/pod/Git::Wrapper),
where the ability to quickly install a particular git version comes up
way more often that you would like.

# OPTIONS

- --help / -h

    Displays basically the same information you're currently soaking in.

- --no\_symlink / -N

    Don't symlink /opt/git to the new build directory    

- --prefix / -p

    Installation prefix for the current build. Defaults to
    /opt/git-$GIT\_VERSION\_NUMBER

- --reinstall / -r

    By default, `gitgitr` will not build a version that's already
    installed. This flag will force it to build a version even if it is
    already preset.

- --run\_tests / -t

    Makes `gitgitr` run the git test suite after building and before
    installing. If the test suite fails, the build will not be
    installed. Disabled by default because the test suite takes a really
    long time to run.

- --verbose / -V

    Makes `gitgitr` be a lot more chatty about what it's doing

- --version / -v

    Specifies what version of git to build. Defaults to the most recent
    version as found on the front page of [http://git-scm.com](http://git-scm.com)

# AUTHOR

John SJ Anderson <genehack@genehack.org>

# COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2014 by John SJ Anderson.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.