# Upgrade Git in Zig to 0.16.0

**URL:** <https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/upgrade-git-in-zig-to-0-16-0/16224>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** challenge:git\
**Created:** [August 1, 2026, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/upgrade-git-in-zig-to-0-16-0/16224 "2026-08-01T10:35:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![MrNemo64](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.codecrafters.io/mrnemo64/32/27788_2.png) [@MrNemo64](https://forum.codecrafters.io/u/MrNemo64)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/upgrade-git-in-zig-to-0-16-0/16224/1 "2026-08-01T10:35:37Z")

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I just tried out the Git in Zig but it is still using 0.15.1. Is there a plan to upgrade this? I have noticed that other challenges (Interpreter for example) already use 0.16.0 so is it just in the pipeline to be updated?

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**Author:** ![matthew-russo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.codecrafters.io/matthew-russo/32/13655_2.png) [@matthew-russo](https://forum.codecrafters.io/u/matthew-russo)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/upgrade-git-in-zig-to-0-16-0/16224/3 "2026-09-06T18:10:06Z")

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I submitted PR’s for Git and Dns here:

- [Upgrade Zig to 0.16 by matthew-russo · Pull Request #196 · codecrafters-io/build-your-own-git · GitHub](https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-git/pull/196)
- [Upgrade Zig to 0.16 by matthew-russo · Pull Request #119 · codecrafters-io/build-your-own-dns-server · GitHub](https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-dns-server/pull/119)

These are AI-authored by pointing it to other repos that had an upgrade done and asking it to follow the same pattern, while maintaining as much semantics of the target repo (Dockerfile config, existing src semantics, etc)

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**Author:** ![yeswanth](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.codecrafters.io/yeswanth/32/27558_2.png) [@yeswanth](https://forum.codecrafters.io/u/yeswanth)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/upgrade-git-in-zig-to-0-16-0/16224/4 "2026-09-08T12:47:36Z")

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Thank you @matthew-russo for the PRs. I have merged them.

@MrNemo64 You can use the latest Zig buildpack by selecting the following option.

 ![zig_dns](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/codecrafters/original/3X/3/8/3843264637a0e27bbe654236e48ef09a956b895a.png)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/codecrafters/original/3X/7/0/700657133935c15703e22c7c8870394f6e6dc27d.svg) [@system](https://forum.codecrafters.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/upgrade-git-in-zig-to-0-16-0/16224/5 "2026-09-13T12:48:22Z")

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