diff --git a/srcpkgs/git/template b/srcpkgs/git/template
index 521e1ee4c0..9afce1b867 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git/template
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 # Template build file for 'git".
 pkgname=git
-version=1.7.6.1
-distfiles="http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-$version.tar.bz2"
+version=1.7.7
+distfiles="http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-$version.tar.gz"
+#distfiles="http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=custom-install
 short_desc="GIT Tree History Storage Tool"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://git-scm.com/"
 license="GPL-2"
-checksum=856d4197ef7172938b0b44e55174c7d7ddfaf5e844e04960322c49eda9f3a246
+checksum=5a977bc01e4989b9928345e99aab15ce896cf5897c6e32eb449538574df377f6
 long_desc="
  GIT is a directory content manager designed to handle absolutely massive
  projects with speed and efficiency, and the release of the 2.6.12 (and later)
@@ -26,14 +27,12 @@ Add_dependency run expat
 Add_dependency run libssl
 Add_dependency run libcurl
 
-Add_dependency build perl
-Add_dependency build libcurl-devel
-Add_dependency build zlib-devel
-Add_dependency build expat-devel
-Add_dependency build openssl-devel
 Add_dependency build asciidoc
 Add_dependency build xmlto
-Add_dependency build diffutils
+Add_dependency build perl
+Add_dependency build libcurl-devel
+Add_dependency build expat-devel
+Add_dependency build openssl-devel
 Add_dependency build python-devel
 
 do_configure()