diff --git a/srcpkgs/git/template b/srcpkgs/git/template
index da72dacc66e..4432f1f0485 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'git".
 pkgname=git
-version=1.7.11.5
+version=1.7.12
 revision=1
 subpackages="git-docs git-perl git-python"
 makedepends="asciidoc xmlto perl openssl-devel libcurl-devel expat-devel python-devel"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ 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=212408bd618b686c9ab0c3fb55414d7d112c70a482274ade97f37f1335f92662
+checksum=3b8661782dc280d3d4be5193bcb8a1895c1ba272cf02efb70857bbcc4415f505
 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)