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Compatible Git versions

You can check your installed version of Git by running git version.

The following versions of Git have been tested with git-branchless:

Git version Compatible? Supports undo? Notes
≤ 2.17 git move invocations may fail.
label/reset/merge commands for git rebase -i not implemented until Git v2.18.
2.18–2.23 ? ? Untested, but may still work.
2.24–2.27
2.28 Bug related to reference-transaction support.
No intention to fix at this time; upgrade your Git version.
File an issue if you really need Git v2.28.
2.29 First version with git undo support.
2.30
2.31 Git v2.31+ are supported in git-branchless v0.3.2 or later.
2.32–2.36
master See latest test run:
Linux (Git master)

Upgrading your version of Git

Upgrading Git depends on your operating system. Below are instructions for a few popular operating systems.

Windows (Git for Windows)

Manual Download: Git for Windows

Using Chocolatey (as Admin!):

choco upgrade git

Using WinGet:

winget upgrade git

Windows (Windows Subsystem for Linux)

sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/git-core/ppa/ubuntu groovy main'
sudo apt update
sudo apt install git

macOS (Built-in Git)

You can upgrade your version of macOS, as Big Sur has a recent version of Git (v2.30) available at /usr/bin/git. If you can't upgrade macOS, follow the instructions for Homebrew below.

macOS (Homebrew)

brew install git  # If you don't have Git installed via Homebrew already.
brew upgrade git  # If you do.

Linux (Debian derivatives, including Ubuntu)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install git
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