diff --git a/srcpkgs/git/template b/srcpkgs/git/template
index 7c04641865..87433902c3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git/template
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 # Template build file for 'git".
 pkgname=git
-version=1.7.8.3
+version=1.7.8.4
 distfiles="http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-$version.tar.gz"
-#distfiles="http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-$version.tar.bz2"
 short_desc="GIT Tree History Storage Tool"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://git-scm.com/"
 license="GPL-2"
-checksum=77f52b7104a107e0fbe1ce85b3f35c97f029fab92cd35a3909015ca169af505d
+checksum=71a5a98d386061fe606b5be1ac390dc725d418d12edfa20796ff7671247c67e3
 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)