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 ## Version of libgit2
 
-Currently this library requires libgit2 1.7.2 (or newer patch versions). The
+Currently this library requires libgit2 1.8.1 (or newer patch versions). The
 source for libgit2 is included in the libgit2-sys crate so there's no need to
 pre-install the libgit2 library, the libgit2-sys crate will figure that and/or
 build that for you. On the other hand, if an appropriate version of `libgit2`