diff --git a/srcpkgs/git/template b/srcpkgs/git/template
index 87433902c32..07eb0a22ce9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template build file for 'git".
 pkgname=git
-version=1.7.8.4
+version=1.7.9
 distfiles="http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-$version.tar.gz"
 short_desc="GIT Tree History Storage Tool"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://git-scm.com/"
 license="GPL-2"
-checksum=71a5a98d386061fe606b5be1ac390dc725d418d12edfa20796ff7671247c67e3
+checksum=dd9dfcf1da59f09c4b66b53836b56fcb2208d0be9edf1f8b9079c7e980435086
 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)
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ subpackages="git-docs git-perl git-python"
 Add_dependency build asciidoc
 Add_dependency build xmlto
 Add_dependency build perl
+Add_dependency build gettext
+Add_dependency build openssl-devel
 Add_dependency build libcurl-devel
 Add_dependency build expat-devel
-Add_dependency build openssl-devel
 Add_dependency build python-devel
 
 do_configure() {