git: raise hard version to 1.7.9

Debian 6 Squeeze went EOL in Feb 2016.  We don't need to carry support
for that anymore as there have been 6 major releases since.  That means
we can bump the required git version from 1.7.2 to 1.7.9.  Ubuntu Precise
shipped with the latter.

git-1.7.2 was released in 2010 while git-1.7.9 was released in 2012.
So that shouldn't be a problem either.  And we've been warning people
using git versions older than 1.9.1 for 3 years now that they need to
upgrade.

Change-Id: I7712f110ea158297b489b8379b112c6700b21a46
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/415097
Reviewed-by: Josip Sokcevic <sokcevic@google.com>
Tested-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@google.com>
Commit-Queue: Mike Frysinger <vapier@google.com>
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  7. tests/
  8. .flake8
  9. .gitattributes
  10. .gitignore
  11. .gitreview
  12. .isort.cfg
  13. .mailmap
  14. .project
  15. .pydevproject
  16. color.py
  17. command.py
  18. completion.bash
  19. editor.py
  20. error.py
  21. event_log.py
  22. fetch.py
  23. git_command.py
  24. git_config.py
  25. git_refs.py
  26. git_ssh
  27. git_superproject.py
  28. git_trace2_event_log.py
  29. git_trace2_event_log_base.py
  30. hooks.py
  31. LICENSE
  32. main.py
  33. MANIFEST.in
  34. manifest_xml.py
  35. pager.py
  36. platform_utils.py
  37. platform_utils_win32.py
  38. progress.py
  39. project.py
  40. pyproject.toml
  41. README.md
  42. repo
  43. repo_logging.py
  44. repo_trace.py
  45. requirements.json
  46. run_tests
  47. run_tests.vpython3
  48. setup.py
  49. ssh.py
  50. SUBMITTING_PATCHES.md
  51. tox.ini
  52. wrapper.py
README.md

repo

Repo is a tool built on top of Git. Repo helps manage many Git repositories, does the uploads to revision control systems, and automates parts of the development workflow. Repo is not meant to replace Git, only to make it easier to work with Git. The repo command is an executable Python script that you can put anywhere in your path.

Contact

Please use the repo-discuss mailing list or issue tracker for questions.

You can file a new bug report under the “repo” component.

Please do not e-mail individual developers for support. They do not have the bandwidth for it, and often times questions have already been asked on repo-discuss or bugs posted to the issue tracker. So please search those sites first.

Install

Many distros include repo, so you might be able to install from there.

# Debian/Ubuntu.
$ sudo apt-get install repo

# Gentoo.
$ sudo emerge dev-vcs/repo

You can install it manually as well as it's a single script.

$ mkdir -p ~/.bin
$ PATH="${HOME}/.bin:${PATH}"
$ curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/.bin/repo
$ chmod a+rx ~/.bin/repo