compile git with openssl instead of gnutls

build-git.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Clear out all previous attempts
rm -rf "/tmp/source-git/"

# Get the dependencies for git, then get openssl
sudo apt-get install build-essential fakeroot dpkg-dev -y
sudo apt-get build-dep git -y
sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev -y
mkdir -p "/tmp/source-git/"
cd "/tmp/source-git/"
apt-get source git

# We need to actually go into the git source directory
# find -type f -name "*.dsc" -exec dpkg-source -x \{\} \;
cd $(find -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "git-*")
pwd

# This is where we actually change the library from one type to the other.
sed -i -- 's/libcurl4-gnutls-dev/libcurl4-openssl-dev/' ./debian/control
# Compile time, itself, is long. Skips the tests. Do so at your own peril.
sed -i -- '/TEST\s*=\s*test/d' ./debian/rules

# Build it.
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b

# Install
find .. -type f -name "git_*ubuntu*.deb" -exec sudo dpkg -i \{\} \;

user@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get build-dep git -y
[sudo] password for user:
Reading package lists... Done
E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list

delete # berfore deb-src in /etc/apt/source.list, then run apt-get update

I came across a signature issue the first time i tried the build. After googling a while, i found a workaround and would like to share it with you:

dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc -us

This looks like an old revision of my script! 😄
I've updated it recently, which means you can look here for the most recent fixes

https://github.com/paul-nelson-baker/git-openssl-shellscript

It it throws error regarding signing, you may use the following command
sudo debuild -b -uc -us
It will create build for local use without signing.

apt-get source git is not getting latest version of git, instead it gets 2.7.0 on ubuntu.16.04. But when I install git using sudo apt install git it installs 2.27.0 by adding the ppa:git-core/ppa repository.

I am not able to find, how to get latest version of git source code using apt-get source git.

@paul-nelson-baker very helpful script! Much appreciated, thanks!

Works flawless. Used this to circumvent usage of gnutls which didn't work on servers that disabled TLS v1.0 and v1.1.
Now it uses SSLv3 instead, thanks to OpenSSL.

Everything worked, except the very last command. On the very last command I get

find .. -type f -name "git_*ubuntu*.deb" -exec sudo dpkg -i \{\} \;
[sudo] password for noji:
Selecting previously unselected package git.
(Reading database ... 174287 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../git_2.17.0-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking git (1:2.17.0-1ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of git:
 git depends on git-man (>> 1:2.17.0); however:
  Package git-man is not installed.
 git depends on git-man (<< 1:2.17.0-.); however:
  Package git-man is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package git (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 git

Anything I can do, to get around this error? Thanks.
I tried doing and got

sudo apt install git-man
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 git : Depends: git-man (< 1:2.17.0-.) but 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.11 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

I even ran and got

apt --fix-broken install
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?

Thoughts?

forked gist with fixes:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://gist.github.com/ddelange/e4766e56d422881e061f8758a0ba8061/raw/build-git.sh)"

@nojiratz / @ddelange If you go to https://github.com/niko-dunixi/git-openssl-shellscript you will find the original script that this gist was from. I haven't had a chance to look at the problems you're facing (since I don't have ownership of this individual gist), but more people will benefit from raised Issues and Pull Requests at the originating repo.

@nojiratz I had exactly the same issue. In case if it is still relevant, I solved the issue by running apt install git -y && git remove git -y beforehand.