I have a question about which version of git is installed / being used, in my on-prem GitLab CE GitLab 12.10 is running on RHEL 7.9 When I SSH into that machine $ git --version returns git version 1.8.3.1 When I visit GitLab via web, it tells me Gitaly is running git version 2.26.2 Does Gitaly …

Does Gitaly / GitLab install its own version of git?

gitlab-greg August 20, 2021, 6:35pm 2

Hi @Patrick1! Great question!

GitLab/Gitaly does ship with an embedded version of Git to ensure compatibility with the GitLab version. By default it’s located at /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/git

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Does Gitaly / GitLab install its own version of git?

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