diff --git a/portage/dev-util/git/git-1.7.4.py b/portage/dev-util/git/git-1.7.4.py
index 695a86643..4f1bb3338 100644
--- a/portage/dev-util/git/git-1.7.4.py
+++ b/portage/dev-util/git/git-1.7.4.py
@@ -1,66 +1,67 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import info
 import tempfile
 import utils
 
 class subinfo(info.infoclass):
     def setTargets( self ):
         self.targets['1.6.3'] = "http://winkde.org/pub/kde/ports/win32/repository/other/Git-1.6.3-preview20090507-2.tar.bz2"
         self.targetInstSrc['1.6.3'] = ""
         self.targets['1.6.4'] = "http://msysgit.googlecode.com/files/PortableGit-1.6.4-preview20090729.7z"
         self.targets['1.7.0.2'] = "http://msysgit.googlecode.com/files/PortableGit-1.7.0.2-preview20100309.7z" 
         self.targetDigests['1.7.0.2'] = '96c3720dec940c4b8da8a09bfdcfa7ed56c2f016'
         self.targets['1.7.4'] = "http://msysgit.googlecode.com/files/PortableGit-1.7.4-preview20110204.7z"
         self.targetDigests['1.7.4'] = 'bc470ba225666a60eed3d4fac544ce2a5611546b'
-        
+        self.targets['1.8.0'] = "https://msysgit.googlecode.com/files/PortableGit-1.8.0-preview20121022.7z"
+        self.targetDigests['1.8.0'] = '580804fcfcc77f1d30a9a27ff0ff85d53bea2442'
         
         self.defaultTarget = '1.7.4'
 
     def setDependencies(self):
         self.buildDependencies['dev-util/7zip']   = 'default'
 
     def setBuildOptions( self ):
         self.disableHostBuild = False
         self.disableTargetBuild = True
 
 from Package.BinaryPackageBase import *
 
 class Package(BinaryPackageBase):
     def __init__( self):
         self.subinfo = subinfo()
         self.subinfo.options.merge.ignoreBuildType = True
         self.subinfo.options.merge.destinationPath = "dev-utils//git";
         BinaryPackageBase.__init__(self)
 
     def unpack(self):
         if not BinaryPackageBase.unpack(self):
             return False
         utils.copyFile(os.path.join(self.packageDir(),"git.bat"),os.path.join(self.rootdir,"dev-utils","bin","git.bat"))
         utils.copyFile(os.path.join(self.packageDir(),"git.sh"),os.path.join(self.rootdir,"dev-utils","bin","git"))#bash script
         utils.copyFile(os.path.join(self.packageDir(),"gb.bat"),os.path.join(self.rootdir,"dev-utils","bin","gb.bat"))
         utils.copyFile(os.path.join(self.packageDir(),"gitk.bat"),os.path.join(self.rootdir,"dev-utils","bin","gitk.bat"))
         utils.copyFile(os.path.join(self.packageDir(),"vi.bat"),os.path.join(self.rootdir,"dev-utils","bin","vi.bat"))
         utils.copyFile(os.path.join(self.packageDir(),"vim.bat"),os.path.join(self.rootdir,"dev-utils","bin","vim.bat"))
         return True
 
     def qmerge(self):
         utils.putenv("EMERGE_USE_SYMLINKS","False")
         if not BinaryPackageBase.qmerge(self):
             return False
         tmpFile = tempfile.TemporaryFile()
         git = os.path.join(self.rootdir,"dev-utils","git","bin","git")
         utils.system( "%s config --global --get url.git://anongit.kde.org/.insteadof" % git,
             stdout=tmpFile, stderr=tmpFile  )
         tmpFile.seek( 0 )
         for line in tmpFile:
             if str(line,'UTF-8').find("kde:")>-1:
                 return True
         utils.debug( "adding kde related settings to global git config file",1 )
         utils.system( "%s config --global url.git://anongit.kde.org/.insteadOf kde:" % git)
         utils.system( "%s config --global url.ssh://git@git.kde.org/.pushInsteadOf kde:" % git)
         utils.system( "%s config --global core.autocrlf false" % git)
         utils.system( "%s config --system core.autocrlf false" % git)
         return True
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     Package().execute()