Merge branch 'git-2-7-3' into 'master'

Bump Git version requirement to 2.7.3 [ci skip] See merge request !3240

Merge branch 'git-2-7-3' into 'master'
Bump Git version requirement to 2.7.3 [ci skip] See merge request !3240
5fd88cdd · Robert Speicher · a80b49ba · cd683714 · 5fd88cdd · 5fd88cdd
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ v 8.6.0 (unreleased)
  - Move group activity to separate page
  - Continue parameters are checked to ensure redirection goes to the same instance

+v 8.5.7
+  - Bump Git version requirement to 2.7.3
+
 v 8.5.6
  - Obtain a lease before querying LDAP


--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ GitLab is a Ruby on Rails application that runs on the following software:

 - Ubuntu/Debian/CentOS/RHEL
 - Ruby (MRI) 2.1
- Git 1.7.10+
+- Git 2.7.3+
 - Redis 2.8+
 - MySQL or PostgreSQL


--- a/doc/install/installation.md
+++ b/doc/install/installation.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Make sure you have the right version of Git installed
    # Install Git
    sudo apt-get install -y git-core

-    # Make sure Git is version 1.7.10 or higher, for example 1.7.12 or 2.0.0
+    # Make sure Git is version 2.7.3 or higher
    git --version

 Is the system packaged Git too old? Remove it and compile from source.

--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ namespace :gitlab do
  end

  def check_git_version
-    required_version = Gitlab::VersionInfo.new(1, 7, 10)
+    required_version = Gitlab::VersionInfo.new(2, 7, 3)
    current_version = Gitlab::VersionInfo.parse(run(%W(#{Gitlab.config.git.bin_path} --version)))

    puts "Your git bin path is \"#{Gitlab.config.git.bin_path}\""