diff --git a/srcpkgs/git/template b/srcpkgs/git/template
index b7f371deb99..e440045f4a0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for "git".
 pkgname=git
-version=1.8.2.2
+version=1.8.3
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-curl --with-expat --without-tcltk"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://git-scm.com/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=020de38eda302bb6e1be460f7499211948193b306beab4e1a520ffc6f7294794
+checksum=f1d3c6d683f8f15035a8d0f3eb30ed160ff6607111dfc6026d8836307aebc53a
 
 hostmakedepends="xmlto>=0.0.25_2 asciidoc perl"
 makedepends="openssl-devel libcurl-devel expat-devel python-devel"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 
 git-docs_package() {
 	noarch=yes
-	short_desc+=" -- documentation"
+	short_desc+=" - documentation"
 	pkg_install() {
 		for f in man1 man5 man7; do
 			vmove usr/share/man/${f}
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ git-python_package() {
 	noarch=yes
 	pycompile_module="git_remote_helpers"
 	depends="git python"
-	short_desc+=" -- python bindings"
+	short_desc+=" - python bindings"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove "usr/lib/python*"
 	}
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ fi # !CROSS_BUILD
 git-perl_package() {
 	noarch=yes
 	depends="git perl"
-	short_desc+=" -- perl bindings"
+	short_desc+=" - perl bindings"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/share/perl5
 		vmove usr/share/man/man3