diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git/default.nix
index 7ca20e8a8d59..002c634b636f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git/default.nix
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@
 , libxslt }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "git-1.5.4.2";
+  name = "git-1.5.4.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/software/scm/git/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "089n3da06k19gzhacsqgaamgx5hy5r50r2b4a626s87w44mj78sn";
+    sha256 = "16dcmkj7dfmr1cy28hi0ipc2qx7dy3knnb77w5bn78hwdfd2dcv9";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./docbook2texi.patch ];
+
   buildInputs = [curl openssl zlib expat gettext]
     ++ (if emacs != null then [emacs] else [])
     ++ # documentation tools
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git/docbook2texi.patch b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git/docbook2texi.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4c26a10a72da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git/docbook2texi.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+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).
+
+--- git-1.5.4.4/Documentation/Makefile~	2008-03-09 11:18:13.000000000 +0100
++++ git-1.5.4.4/Documentation/Makefile	2008-03-12 16:04:05.000000000 +0100
+@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ DOC_REF = origin/man
+ infodir?=$(prefix)/share/info
+ MAKEINFO=makeinfo
+ INSTALL_INFO=install-info
+-DOCBOOK2X_TEXI=docbook2x-texi
++DOCBOOK2X_TEXI=docbook2texi
+ ifndef PERL_PATH
+ 	PERL_PATH = /usr/bin/perl
+ endif
+@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ man1: $(DOC_MAN1)
+ man5: $(DOC_MAN5)
+ man7: $(DOC_MAN7)
+ 
+-info: git.info gitman.info
++info: git.info
+ 
+ install: man
+ 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)
+@@ -101,10 +101,9 @@ install: man
+ 
+ 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