Hi
I tried to install Canu 2.1.1 as instructed below:

git clone https://github.com/marbl/canu.git
cd canu/src
make -j 2

But I get the error:
Makefile:35: *** git '/usr/bin/git' version '1.8.3.1' too old; at least version 2.12 is required. Stop.

What the problem might be?
Regards