diff --git a/srcpkgs/git/template b/srcpkgs/git/template
index 73303c860e..90aa9a91e3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template build file for 'git".
 pkgname=git
-version=1.7.7.4
+version=1.7.8
 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=7fa85e04f66cbd358db0ff4939b07cab594f7e3b2f09a26b56c6ffdec649681d
+checksum=ede41a79c83e0d8673ed16c64d5c105e404d953591f9611e44c3964130da0713
 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)