git 1.6 is available in debian experimental. I want to use it under debian stable (etch).
Let's backport it.
Kudos to Steve Kemp for walking me through this.
First you need dget installed:
aptitude install devscripts
Now - let's grab the experimental source and unpack it:
dget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.6.0.6-1.dsc dpkg-source -x *.dsc
Let's take a look - change into the directory:
