diff --git a/srcpkgs/git/template b/srcpkgs/git/template
index 8d3a3b5cc10..fbfec987609 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'git".
 pkgname=git
-version=1.7.12.4
+version=1.8.0
 revision=1
 subpackages="git-docs git-perl git-python"
 makedepends="asciidoc xmlto perl openssl-devel libcurl-devel expat-devel
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://git-scm.com/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=17e545929c16b5efa8fa9545936297d41571521cd7667fb74f92bd7adc8b63da
+checksum=ccc32f18ea12ea730a7d1d9d3d7bf51447439299a99d4d326f49f1f8bb488974
 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)