diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -16,12 +16,19 @@ let
   pkgs = pkgs_.overridePackages (self: super: {
     # bump GIT version
     git = pkgs.lib.overrideDerivation pkgs_.git (oldAttrs: {
-      name = "git-2.9.5";
+      name = "git-2.13.5";
       src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-        url = "https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.9.5.tar.xz";
-        sha256 = "00ir7qmgfszwrhxjzxwixk7wp35gxvvw467gr30bagwsrdza7gm4";
+        url = "https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.13.5.tar.xz";
+        sha256 = "18fi18103n7grshm4ffb0fwsnvbl48sbqy5gqx528vf8maff5j91";
       };
 
+      patches = [
+        ./pkgs/git_patches/docbook2texi.patch
+        ./pkgs/git_patches/symlinks-in-bin.patch
+        ./pkgs/git_patches/git-sh-i18n.patch
+        ./pkgs/git_patches/ssh-path.patch
+      ];
+
     });
 
     # Override subversion derivation to
diff --git a/pkgs/git_patches/docbook2texi.patch b/pkgs/git_patches/docbook2texi.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/git_patches/docbook2texi.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+This patch does two things: (1) use the right name for `docbook2texi',
+and (2) make sure `gitman.info' isn't produced since it's broken (duplicate
+node names).
+
+diff -ru git-1.8.4-orig/Documentation/Makefile git-1.8.4/Documentation/Makefile
+--- git-1.8.4-orig/Documentation/Makefile	2013-08-23 21:38:43.000000000 +0200
++++ git-1.8.4/Documentation/Makefile	2013-09-30 14:48:51.532890378 +0200
+@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
+ 
+ MAKEINFO = makeinfo
+ INSTALL_INFO = install-info
+-DOCBOOK2X_TEXI = docbook2x-texi
++DOCBOOK2X_TEXI = docbook2texi
+ DBLATEX = dblatex
+ ifndef PERL_PATH
+ 	PERL_PATH = /usr/bin/perl
+@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
+ man5: $(DOC_MAN5)
+ man7: $(DOC_MAN7)
+ 
+-info: git.info gitman.info
++info: git.info
+ 
+ pdf: user-manual.pdf
+ 
+@@ -221,10 +221,9 @@
+ 
+ install-info: info
+ 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)
+-	$(INSTALL) -m 644 git.info gitman.info $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)
++	$(INSTALL) -m 644 git.info $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)
+ 	if test -r $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/dir; then \
+ 	  $(INSTALL_INFO) --info-dir=$(DESTDIR)$(infodir) git.info ;\
+-	  $(INSTALL_INFO) --info-dir=$(DESTDIR)$(infodir) gitman.info ;\
+ 	else \
+ 	  echo "No directory found in $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)" >&2 ; \
+ 	fi
diff --git a/pkgs/git_patches/git-sh-i18n.patch b/pkgs/git_patches/git-sh-i18n.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/git_patches/git-sh-i18n.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+--- a/git-sh-i18n.sh
++++ b/git-sh-i18n.sh
+@@ -15,87 +15,11 @@
+ fi
+ export TEXTDOMAINDIR
+
+-# First decide what scheme to use...
+-GIT_INTERNAL_GETTEXT_SH_SCHEME=fallthrough
+-if test -n "@@USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME@@"
+-then
+-	GIT_INTERNAL_GETTEXT_SH_SCHEME="@@USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME@@"
+-elif test -n "$GIT_INTERNAL_GETTEXT_TEST_FALLBACKS"
+-then
+-	: no probing necessary
+-elif test -n "$GIT_GETTEXT_POISON"
+-then
+-	GIT_INTERNAL_GETTEXT_SH_SCHEME=poison
+-elif type gettext.sh >/dev/null 2>&1
+-then
+-	# GNU libintl's gettext.sh
+-	GIT_INTERNAL_GETTEXT_SH_SCHEME=gnu
+-elif test "$(gettext -h 2>&1)" = "-h"
+-then
+-	# gettext binary exists but no gettext.sh. likely to be a gettext
+-	# binary on a Solaris or something that is not GNU libintl and
+-	# lack eval_gettext.
+-	GIT_INTERNAL_GETTEXT_SH_SCHEME=gettext_without_eval_gettext
+-fi
+-export GIT_INTERNAL_GETTEXT_SH_SCHEME
+-
+-# ... and then follow that decision.
+-case "$GIT_INTERNAL_GETTEXT_SH_SCHEME" in
+-gnu)
+-	# Use libintl's gettext.sh, or fall back to English if we can't.
+-	. gettext.sh
+-	;;
+-gettext_without_eval_gettext)
+-	# Solaris has a gettext(1) but no eval_gettext(1)
+-	eval_gettext () {
+-		gettext "$1" | (
+-			export PATH $(git sh-i18n--envsubst --variables "$1");
+-			git sh-i18n--envsubst "$1"
+-		)
+-	}
+-
+-	eval_ngettext () {
+-		ngettext "$1" "$2" "$3" | (
+-			export PATH $(git sh-i18n--envsubst --variables "$2");
+-			git sh-i18n--envsubst "$2"
+-		)
+-	}
+-	;;
+-poison)
+-	# Emit garbage so that tests that incorrectly rely on translatable
+-	# strings will fail.
+-	gettext () {
+-		printf "%s" "# GETTEXT POISON #"
+-	}
+-
+-	eval_gettext () {
+-		printf "%s" "# GETTEXT POISON #"
+-	}
+-
+-	eval_ngettext () {
+-		printf "%s" "# GETTEXT POISON #"
+-	}
+-	;;
+-*)
+-	gettext () {
+-		printf "%s" "$1"
+-	}
+-
+-	eval_gettext () {
+-		printf "%s" "$1" | (
+-			export PATH $(git sh-i18n--envsubst --variables "$1");
+-			git sh-i18n--envsubst "$1"
+-		)
+-	}
++# GNU gettext
++export GIT_INTERNAL_GETTEXT_SH_SCHEME=gnu
++export PATH=@gettext@/bin:$PATH
+
+-	eval_ngettext () {
+-		(test "$3" = 1 && printf "%s" "$1" || printf "%s" "$2") | (
+-			export PATH $(git sh-i18n--envsubst --variables "$2");
+-			git sh-i18n--envsubst "$2"
+-		)
+-	}
+-	;;
+-esac
++. @gettext@/bin/gettext.sh
+
+ # Git-specific wrapper functions
+ gettextln () {
diff --git a/pkgs/git_patches/ssh-path.patch b/pkgs/git_patches/ssh-path.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/git_patches/ssh-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git a/connect.c b/connect.c
+index fd7ffe1..20cd992 100644
+--- a/connect.c
++++ b/connect.c
+@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@
+
+ 				ssh = getenv("GIT_SSH");
+ 				if (!ssh)
+-					ssh = "ssh";
++					ssh = "@ssh@";
+				else
+					handle_ssh_variant(ssh, 0,
+								&port_option,
+diff --git a/git-gui/lib/remote_add.tcl b/git-gui/lib/remote_add.tcl
+index 50029d0..17b9594 100644
+--- a/git-gui/lib/remote_add.tcl
++++ b/git-gui/lib/remote_add.tcl
+@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
+ 		# Parse the location
+ 		if { [regexp {(?:git\+)?ssh://([^/]+)(/.+)} $location xx host path]
+ 		     || [regexp {([^:][^:]+):(.+)} $location xx host path]} {
+-			set ssh ssh
++			set ssh @ssh@
+ 			if {[info exists env(GIT_SSH)]} {
+ 				set ssh $env(GIT_SSH)
+ 			}
diff --git a/pkgs/git_patches/symlinks-in-bin.patch b/pkgs/git_patches/symlinks-in-bin.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/git_patches/symlinks-in-bin.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -ru -x '*~' git-1.8.2.1-orig/Makefile git-1.8.2.1/Makefile
+--- git-1.8.2.1-orig/Makefile	2013-04-08 00:52:04.000000000 +0200
++++ git-1.8.2.1/Makefile	2013-04-22 15:46:42.906026940 +0200
+@@ -2319,8 +2319,7 @@
+ 	{ test "$$bindir/" = "$$execdir/" || \
+ 	  for p in git$X $(filter $(install_bindir_programs),$(ALL_PROGRAMS)); do \
+ 		$(RM) "$$execdir/$$p" && \
+-		test -z "$(NO_INSTALL_HARDLINKS)$(NO_CROSS_DIRECTORY_HARDLINKS)" && \
+-		ln "$$bindir/$$p" "$$execdir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
++		ln -s "$$bindir/$$p" "$$execdir/$$p" 2>/dev/null || \
+ 		cp "$$bindir/$$p" "$$execdir/$$p" || exit; \
+ 	  done; \
+ 	} && \