diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/git/git_2.5.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/git/git_2.5.0.bb
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+require git.inc
+
+EXTRA_OECONF += "ac_cv_snprintf_returns_bogus=no \
+                 ac_cv_fread_reads_directories=${ac_cv_fread_reads_directories=yes} \
+                 "
+EXTRA_OEMAKE += "NO_GETTEXT=1"
+
+SRC_URI[tarball.md5sum] = "3bc9b0a803ae8ec6c5316cc64f0b7f78"
+SRC_URI[tarball.sha256sum] = "8fa13ba8434ff83d24f57f831d55dbb9046434c266641180a37744facfce72ac"
+SRC_URI[manpages.md5sum] = "134b049e51420a336049aac21c88a75a"
+SRC_URI[manpages.sha256sum] = "745e4e797fe5061e781c880d370b1beb480199127da5acaf4e376e0b09d4d685"