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index d8f43ea..0000000
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
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-size 4405610
diff --git a/git-1.8.3.tar.gz b/git-1.8.3.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
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+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:f1d3c6d683f8f15035a8d0f3eb30ed160ff6607111dfc6026d8836307aebc53a
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diff --git a/git.changes b/git.changes
index f9b5e97..303f5b6 100644
--- a/git.changes
+++ b/git.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon May 27 02:06:56 UTC 2013 - douglarek@outlook.com
+
+- updated to version 1.8.3:
+  * bug fixes and documentation updates
+
+  more details, please see here:
+  https://raw.github.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.3.txt
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May 15 05:45:30 UTC 2013 - douglarek@outlook.com
 
diff --git a/git.spec b/git.spec
index d28f699..00e2e0f 100644
--- a/git.spec
+++ b/git.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 %define _fwdefdir /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2.d/services
 
 Name:           git
-Version:        1.8.2.3
+Version:        1.8.3
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
 License:        GPL-2.0