diff --git a/git.yaml b/git.yaml
index 49818b32aca..f41b43421f4 100644
--- a/git.yaml
+++ b/git.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package:
   name: git
   version: "2.52.0"
-  epoch: 0
+  epoch: 1
   description: "distributed version control system"
   copyright:
     - license: GPL-2.0-or-later
@@ -33,16 +33,11 @@ environment:
       - zlib-dev
 
 pipeline:
-  - uses: fetch
+  - uses: git-checkout
     with:
-      uri: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-${{package.version}}.tar.xz
-      expected-sha256: 3cd8fee86f69a949cb610fee8cd9264e6873d07fa58411f6060b3d62729ed7c5
-
-  - uses: fetch
-    working-directory: /home/build/git-manpages
-    with:
-      uri: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-manpages-${{package.version}}.tar.xz
-      expected-sha256: 23186deddb3083bbaa9eb947cde26a5c7322d7fdb75bb4b3d60795db38221ac5
+      repository: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
+      tag: v${{package.version}}
+      expected-commit: 9a2fb147f2c61d0cab52c883e7e26f5b7948e3ed
 
   - runs: |
       cat >> config.mak <<-EOF
@@ -61,7 +56,7 @@ pipeline:
       make prefix=/usr \
         DESTDIR="${{targets.destdir}}" \
         INSTALLDIRS=vendor \
-        install -j$(nproc)
+        install install-doc -j$(nproc)
 
   - name: install subtree
     runs: |
@@ -153,10 +148,7 @@ subpackages:
   - name: "git-doc"
     description: "git manpages"
     pipeline:
-      - working-directory: /home/build/git-manpages
-        runs: |
-          mkdir -p "${{targets.contextdir}}"/usr/share/man
-          mv man1 man5 man7 "${{targets.contextdir}}"/usr/share/man
+      - uses: split/manpages
     test:
       pipeline:
         - uses: test/docs