diff --git a/recipes/dev/git/git.patch b/recipes/dev/git/git.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 998bd9d6f..000000000
--- a/recipes/dev/git/git.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,240 +0,0 @@
-diff -ruwN git-2.13.1/compat/bswap.h source/compat/bswap.h
---- git-2.13.1/compat/bswap.h	2017-06-04 19:08:11.000000000 -0600
-+++ source/compat/bswap.h	2025-04-24 11:20:06.475749424 -0600
-@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
-+#if defined(__redox__)
-+#include <machine/endian.h>
-+#endif
-+
- /*
-  * Let's make sure we always have a sane definition for ntohl()/htonl().
-  * Some libraries define those as a function call, just to perform byte
-diff -ruwN git-2.13.1/compat/terminal.c source/compat/terminal.c
---- git-2.13.1/compat/terminal.c	2017-06-04 19:08:11.000000000 -0600
-+++ source/compat/terminal.c	2025-04-18 10:00:11.318697446 -0600
-@@ -137,6 +137,18 @@
- 	return buf.buf;
- }
- 
-+#elif defined(__redox__)
-+
-+ssize_t __getline(char **lptr, size_t *n, FILE *fp);
-+
-+char *git_terminal_prompt(const char *prompt, int echo)
-+{
-+	char *line = NULL;
-+	size_t n = 0;
-+	__getline(&line, &n, stdin);
-+	return line; // XXX leak
-+}
-+
- #else
- 
- char *git_terminal_prompt(const char *prompt, int echo)
-diff -ruwN git-2.13.1/configure source/configure
---- git-2.13.1/configure	2017-06-04 19:08:11.000000000 -0600
-+++ source/configure	2025-04-18 10:00:11.318697446 -0600
-@@ -6156,7 +6156,7 @@
- ac_res=$ac_cv_search_getaddrinfo
- if test "$ac_res" != no; then :
-   test "$ac_res" = "none required" || LIBS="$ac_res $LIBS"
--  NO_IPV6=
-+  NO_IPV6=YesPlease
- else
-   NO_IPV6=YesPlease
- fi
-diff -ruwN git-2.13.1/daemon.c source/daemon.c
---- git-2.13.1/daemon.c	2017-06-04 19:08:11.000000000 -0600
-+++ source/daemon.c	2025-04-18 10:00:11.319697447 -0600
-@@ -71,13 +71,21 @@
- 	return hi->ip_address.buf;
- }
- 
-+#if defined(__redox__)
-+#define LOG_ERR 0
-+#define LOG_INFO 1
-+#endif
-+
- static void logreport(int priority, const char *err, va_list params)
- {
-+#if !defined(__redox__)
- 	if (log_syslog) {
- 		char buf[1024];
- 		vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), err, params);
- 		syslog(priority, "%s", buf);
--	} else {
-+	} else
-+#endif
-+	{
- 		/*
- 		 * Since stderr is set to buffered mode, the
- 		 * logging of different processes will not overlap
-@@ -888,8 +896,12 @@
- 
- 	if (!reuseaddr)
- 		return 0;
-+#if defined(__redox__)
-+        return 0;
-+#else
- 	return setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR,
- 			  &on, sizeof(on));
-+#endif
- }
- 
- struct socketlist {
-@@ -1174,11 +1186,7 @@
- 	if (!group_name)
- 		c.gid = c.pass->pw_gid;
- 	else {
--		struct group *group = getgrnam(group_name);
--		if (!group)
- 			die("group not found - %s", group_name);
--
--		c.gid = group->gr_gid;
- 	}
- 
- 	return &c;
-@@ -1348,10 +1356,12 @@
- 		usage(daemon_usage);
- 	}
- 
-+#if !defined(__redox__)
- 	if (log_syslog) {
- 		openlog("git-daemon", LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
- 		set_die_routine(daemon_die);
- 	} else
-+#endif
- 		/* avoid splitting a message in the middle */
- 		setvbuf(stderr, NULL, _IOFBF, 4096);
- 
-diff -ruwN git-2.13.1/git-compat-util.h source/git-compat-util.h
---- git-2.13.1/git-compat-util.h	2017-06-04 19:08:11.000000000 -0600
-+++ source/git-compat-util.h	2025-04-18 10:00:11.319697447 -0600
-@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
- #ifndef GIT_COMPAT_UTIL_H
- #define GIT_COMPAT_UTIL_H
- 
-+#ifndef SIG_DFL
-+#define SIG_DFL ((void (*)(int))0)
-+#endif
-+
-+#ifndef SIG_IGN
-+#define SIG_IGN ((void (*)(int))1)
-+#endif
-+
-+#ifndef SIG_ERR
-+#define SIG_ERR ((void (*)(int))-1)
-+#endif
-+
- #define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
- 
- 
-@@ -323,6 +335,14 @@
- #define PATH_SEP ':'
- #endif
- 
-+#ifndef DEV_NULL
-+#if defined(__redox__)
-+#define DEV_NULL "/scheme/null"
-+#else
-+#define DEV_NULL "/dev/null"
-+#endif
-+#endif
-+
- #ifdef HAVE_PATHS_H
- #include <paths.h>
- #endif
-diff -ruwN git-2.13.1/Makefile source/Makefile
---- git-2.13.1/Makefile	2017-06-05 08:08:11.000000000 +0700
-+++ source/Makefile	2025-09-01 04:41:10.339224568 +0700
-@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@
- BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/write-tree.o
- 
- GITLIBS = common-main.o $(LIB_FILE) $(XDIFF_LIB)
--EXTLIBS =
-+EXTLIBS = -lnghttp2
- 
- GIT_USER_AGENT = git/$(GIT_VERSION)
- 
-@@ -1802,7 +1802,6 @@
- 
- $(BUILT_INS): git$X
- 	$(QUIET_BUILT_IN)$(RM) $@ && \
--	ln $< $@ 2>/dev/null || \
- 	ln -s $< $@ 2>/dev/null || \
- 	cp $< $@
- 
-@@ -2096,7 +2095,6 @@
- 
- $(REMOTE_CURL_ALIASES): $(REMOTE_CURL_PRIMARY)
- 	$(QUIET_LNCP)$(RM) $@ && \
--	ln $< $@ 2>/dev/null || \
- 	ln -s $< $@ 2>/dev/null || \
- 	cp $< $@
- 
-@@ -2449,14 +2447,12 @@
- 	for p in $(filter $(install_bindir_programs),$(BUILT_INS)); do \
- 		$(RM) "$$bindir/$$p" && \
- 		test -z "$(NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS)" && \
--		ln "$$bindir/git$X" "$$bindir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
- 		ln -s "git$X" "$$bindir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
- 		cp "$$bindir/git$X" "$$bindir/$$p" || exit; \
- 	done && \
- 	for p in $(BUILT_INS); do \
- 		$(RM) "$$execdir/$$p" && \
- 		test -z "$(NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS)" && \
--		ln "$$execdir/git$X" "$$execdir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
- 		ln -s "git$X" "$$execdir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
- 		cp "$$execdir/git$X" "$$execdir/$$p" || exit; \
- 	done && \
-@@ -2464,7 +2460,6 @@
- 	for p in $$remote_curl_aliases; do \
- 		$(RM) "$$execdir/$$p" && \
- 		test -z "$(NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS)" && \
--		ln "$$execdir/git-remote-http$X" "$$execdir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
- 		ln -s "git-remote-http$X" "$$execdir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
- 		cp "$$execdir/git-remote-http$X" "$$execdir/$$p" || exit; \
- 	done && \
-diff -ruwN git-2.13.1/run-command.c source/run-command.c
---- git-2.13.1/run-command.c	2017-06-04 19:08:11.000000000 -0600
-+++ source/run-command.c	2025-04-18 10:00:11.320697447 -0600
-@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@
- #ifndef GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE
- static inline void dup_devnull(int to)
- {
--	int fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
-+	int fd = open(DEV_NULL, O_RDWR);
- 	if (fd < 0)
--		die_errno(_("open /dev/null failed"));
-+		die_errno(_("open %s failed"), DEV_NULL);
- 	if (dup2(fd, to) < 0)
- 		die_errno(_("dup2(%d,%d) failed"), fd, to);
- 	close(fd);
-diff -ruwN git-2.13.1/setup.c source/setup.c
---- git-2.13.1/setup.c	2017-06-05 08:08:11.000000000 +0700
-+++ source/setup.c	2025-09-01 04:41:10.339224568 +0700
-@@ -1146,11 +1146,11 @@
- /* if any standard file descriptor is missing open it to /dev/null */
- void sanitize_stdfds(void)
- {
--	int fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR, 0);
-+	int fd = open(DEV_NULL, O_RDWR, 0);
- 	while (fd != -1 && fd < 2)
- 		fd = dup(fd);
- 	if (fd == -1)
--		die_errno("open /dev/null or dup failed");
-+		die_errno("open %s or dup failed", DEV_NULL);
- 	if (fd > 2)
- 		close(fd);
- }
-@@ -1169,8 +1169,10 @@
- 		default:
- 			exit(0);
- 	}
-+#if !defined(__redox__)
- 	if (setsid() == -1)
- 		die_errno("setsid failed");
-+#endif
- 	close(0);
- 	close(1);
- 	close(2);
diff --git a/recipes/dev/git/gitconfig b/recipes/dev/git/gitconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c90799a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/dev/git/gitconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[protocol]
+    version = 0
diff --git a/recipes/dev/git/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/git/recipe.toml
index 7d057f1c9..0c4adc4f4 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/git/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/git/recipe.toml
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 [source]
-tar = "https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.13.1.tar.xz"
-blake3 = "bc78271bffd60c5b8b938d8c08fd74dc2de8d21fbaf8f8e0e3155436d9263f17"
-patches = ["git.patch"]
+tar = "https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.56.0.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "596b02fea3d67e2ca45208aabebc92d2c14e7f2827f82cba59a630d55eea0854"
 
 [build]
 dependencies=[
     "curl",
     "expat",
-    "nghttp2",
-    "openssl3",
-    "zlib"
+    "zlib",
+    "pcre2",
 ]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
@@ -18,36 +16,34 @@ DYNAMIC_INIT
 MAKEFLAGS=(
     NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CURL=1
     NEEDS_CRYPTO_WITH_SSL=1
-    NO_IPV6=1
-    NO_PREAD=1
-    NO_MMAP=1
-    NO_SETITIMER=1
-    NO_UNIX_SOCKETS=1
+    NO_IPV6=1 # not implemented
+    NO_MMAP=1 # mmap writes extra null padding
+    NO_SETITIMER=1 # deprecated
+    NO_UNIX_SOCKETS=1 # need inotify
     NEEDS_LIBICONV=
     NEEDS_LIBRT=
     BLK_SHA1=1
-    V=1
+    RUST_TARGETS=$TARGET
+    INSTALL_SYMLINKS=1
 )
 
-if [ "${COOKBOOK_DYNAMIC}" != "1" ]; then
-# git does not use pkgconfig to be aware with zstd
-    MAKEFLAGS+=(  EXTLIBS="-lzstd -lnghttp2 -lz" )
-fi
-
 export CURL_CONFIG="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/bin/curl-config"
 ./configure \
     --host="${GNU_TARGET}" \
     --prefix=/usr \
+    --sysconfdir=/etc \
     ac_cv_fread_reads_directories=yes \
     ac_cv_snprintf_returns_bogus=yes \
     ac_cv_lib_curl_curl_global_init=yes
 "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" "${MAKEFLAGS[@]}" -j"${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}"
 "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}" "${MAKEFLAGS[@]}" install
-rm -rf "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/share/man"
+
+# TODO: pinned to protocol v0 otherwise silently quit
+mkdir -p "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/etc"
+cp "${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}/gitconfig" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/etc/"
 """
 
 [package]
 dependencies = [
     "ca-certificates",
-    "nghttp2"
 ]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/git-tools/lazygit/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/git-tools/lazygit/recipe.toml
index 4a2442f2e..a9b60975c 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/git-tools/lazygit/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/git-tools/lazygit/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#TODO: require git update
+#TODO: unable to init TUI due to bugs in pty
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/willnode/lazygit"
 branch = "redox"