`which git` seems to be lying?

Question

Can anyone explain this? which git seems to be lying...

$ which git
/usr/local/bin/git

$ /usr/local/bin/git --version
git version 1.7.9.2

$ git --version
git version 1.7.10.4

Answer 1

Try flushing git from the bash hash table used for path lookups with the command:

hash -d git

Then try again.

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