diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c37ecff..bbbcfc6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@
 /vcstool-0.1.40.tar.gz
 /vcstool-0.2.1.tar.gz
 /vcstool-0.2.2.tar.gz
+/vcstool-0.2.3.tar.gz
+/vcstool-0.2.4.tar.gz
+/vcstool-0.2.7.tar.gz
+/vcstool-0.2.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-vcstool-0.1.37-older_git_syntax.sed b/python-vcstool-0.1.37-older_git_syntax.sed
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e0de81..0000000
--- a/python-vcstool-0.1.37-older_git_syntax.sed
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-s/^\( *\)git checkout -b <new-branch-name>$/\1git checkout -b new_branch_name/
-s/^(HEAD detached at \([0-9a-f\.]*\))$/(detached from \1)/
-s/^\(HEAD detached at [0-9a-f\.]*\)$/# \1/
-/^Your branch is up to date with 'origin\/.*'\.$/d
-/^On branch master$/{
-  N
-  /^On branch master\nYour branch is up to date with 'origin\/.*'\.$/{
-    N
-    /^On branch master\nYour branch is up to date with 'origin\/.*'\.\n$/{
-      N
-      s/^\(On branch master\)\nYour branch is up to date with 'origin\/.*'\.\n\n\(nothing to commit, working tree clean\)$/# \1\n\2/
-    }
-  }
-}
-/^You are not currently on a branch\.$/{
-  N
-  /^You are not currently on a branch\.\nPlease specify which branch you want to merge with\.$/{
-    N
-    s/^You are not currently on a branch\.\nPlease specify which branch you want to merge with\.\nSee git-pull(1) for details\.$/You are not currently on a branch\. Please specify which\nbranch you want to merge with\. See git-pull(1) for details\./
-  }
-}
diff --git a/python-vcstool-0.2.8-old-git-syntax.patch b/python-vcstool-0.2.8-old-git-syntax.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bcb00a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-vcstool-0.2.8-old-git-syntax.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+From 247a7480aaa4b0d71289855f8fd8e1ae566b092b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Scott K Logan <logans@cottsay.net>
+Date: Sun, 10 May 2020 02:24:12 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Make tests compatible with git back to 1.8.3.1
+
+---
+ test/test_commands.py | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/test/test_commands.py b/test/test_commands.py
+index 6374b3d..eff1b82 100644
+--- a/test/test_commands.py
++++ b/test/test_commands.py
+@@ -92,7 +92,11 @@ def test_pull(self):
+         with self.assertRaises(subprocess.CalledProcessError) as e:
+             run_command('pull', args=['--workers', '1'])
+         expected = get_expected_output('pull')
+-        self.assertEqual(e.exception.output, expected)
++        # replace message from older git versions
++        output = e.exception.output.replace(
++            b'anch. Please specify which\nbranch you want to merge with. See',
++            b'anch.\nPlease specify which branch you want to merge with.\nSee')
++        self.assertEqual(output, expected)
+ 
+     def test_pull_api(self):
+         try:
+@@ -131,8 +135,12 @@ def test_pull_api(self):
+             os.chdir(cwd_bck)
+ 
+         assert rc == 1
++        # replace message from older git versions
++        output = stdout_stderr.getvalue().replace(
++            'anch. Please specify which\nbranch you want to merge with. See',
++            'anch.\nPlease specify which branch you want to merge with.\nSee')
+         expected = get_expected_output('pull').decode()
+-        assert stdout_stderr.getvalue() == expected
++        assert output == expected
+ 
+     def test_reimport(self):
+         cwd_vcstool = os.path.join(TEST_WORKSPACE, 'vcstool')
+@@ -261,6 +269,20 @@ def run_command(command, args=None, subfolder=None):
+         [sys.executable, script] + (args or []),
+         stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, cwd=cwd, env=env)
+     # replace message from older git versions
++    output = output.replace(
++        b'git checkout -b new_branch_name',
++        b'git checkout -b <new-branch-name>')
++    output = output.replace(
++        b'(detached from ', b'(HEAD detached at ')
++    output = output.replace(
++        b"ady on 'master'\n=",
++        b"ady on 'master'\nYour branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.\n=")
++    output = output.replace(
++        b'# HEAD detached at ',
++        b'HEAD detached at ')
++    output = output.replace(
++        b'# On branch master',
++        b"On branch master\nYour branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.\n")
+     # the following seems to have changed between git 2.17.1 and 2.25.1
+     output = output.replace(
+         b"Note: checking out '", b"Note: switching to '")
diff --git a/python-vcstool.spec b/python-vcstool.spec
index a9d7991..5cdc918 100644
--- a/python-vcstool.spec
+++ b/python-vcstool.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-%{?!_without_python2:%global with_python2 0%{?_with_python2:1} || (0%{?fedora} < 30 && 0%{?rhel} < 8)}
+%{?!_without_python2:%global with_python2 0%{?_with_python2:1} || !(0%{?fedora} >= 30 || 0%{?rhel} >= 8)}
 %{?!_without_python3:%global with_python3 0%{?_with_python3:1} || !0%{?rhel} || 0%{?rhel} >= 7}
 
 %global srcname vcstool
 
 Name:           python-%{srcname}
-Version:        0.2.2
+Version:        0.2.8
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Tool to invoke vcs commands on multiple repositories
 
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ License:        ASL 2.0
 URL:            https://github.com/dirk-thomas/%{srcname}
 Source0:        https://github.com/dirk-thomas/%{srcname}/archive/%{version}/%{srcname}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
-# Used only for testing
-Source1:        %{name}-0.1.37-older_git_syntax.sed
+# Submitted upstream as dirk-thomas/vcstool#138
+Patch0:         %{name}-0.2.8-old-git-syntax.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ BuildRequires:  python2-pyyaml
 BuildRequires:  python2-setuptools
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python2-%{srcname}}
 
-%if %{undefined python_disable_dependency_generator}
+%if %{undefined __pythondist_requires}
 Requires:       python2-pyyaml
 Requires:       python2-setuptools
-%endif # python_disable_dependency_generator
+%endif
 
-%if 0%{?fedora}
+%if !0%{?rhel} || 0%{?rhel} >= 8
 Recommends:     git
-%endif # fedora
+%endif
 
 %description -n python2-%{srcname}
 Vcstool is a version control system (VCS) tool, designed to make working with
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ The biggest differences between the two are:
   as keys in YAML which avoids collisions by design.
 - vcstool has significantly less lines of code than vcstools including the
   command line tools built on top.
-%endif # with_python2
+%endif
 
 
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
@@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-PyYAML
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-setuptools
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python%{python3_pkgversion}-%{srcname}}
 
-%if %{undefined python_disable_dependency_generator}
+%if %{undefined __pythondist_requires}
 Requires:       python%{python3_pkgversion}-PyYAML
 Requires:       python%{python3_pkgversion}-setuptools
-%endif # python_disable_dependency_generator
+%endif
 
-%if 0%{?fedora}
+%if !0%{?rhel} || 0%{?rhel} >= 8
 Recommends:     git
-%endif # fedora
+%endif
 
 %description -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-%{srcname}
 Vcstool is a version control system (VCS) tool, designed to make working with
@@ -102,26 +102,21 @@ The biggest differences between the two are:
   as keys in YAML which avoids collisions by design.
 - vcstool has significantly less lines of code than vcstools including the
   command line tools built on top.
-%endif # with_python3
+%endif
 
 
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1 -n %{srcname}-%{version}
 
-%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 8
-# Test case touch-ups for older git versions
-sed -i -f %{SOURCE1} test/*.txt
-%endif
-
 
 %build
 %if 0%{?with_python2}
 %py2_build
-%endif # with_python2
+%endif
 
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 %py3_build
-%endif # with_python3
+%endif
 
 
 %install
@@ -142,7 +137,7 @@ for f in `ls %{buildroot}%{_bindir}2`; do
 %if !(0%{?with_python3})
   ln -s $f-%{python2_version} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/$f
   echo "%{_bindir}/$f" >> py2_bins
-%endif # with_python3
+%endif
   echo -e "%{_bindir}/$f-2\n%{_bindir}/$f-%{python2_version}" >> py2_bins
 done
 
@@ -150,7 +145,7 @@ done
 cp -f %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{srcname}-completion/vcs.bash %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/vcs
 ln -sf vcs %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/vcs-2
 ln -s vcs %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/vcs-%{python2_version}
-%endif # with_python2
+%endif
 
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 %py3_install -- --install-scripts %{_bindir}%{python3_pkgversion}
@@ -167,7 +162,7 @@ done
 cp -f %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{srcname}-completion/vcs.bash %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/vcs
 ln -sf vcs %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/vcs-3
 ln -s vcs %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/vcs-%{python3_version}
-%endif # with_python3
+%endif
 
 
 %check
@@ -181,11 +176,11 @@ ln -s vcs %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/vcs-%{python3_vers
 
 %if 0%{?with_python2}
 %{__python2} -m pytest %pytest_options
-%endif # with_python2
+%endif
 
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 %{__python3} -m pytest %pytest_options
-%endif # with_python3
+%endif
 
 
 %if 0%{?with_python2}
@@ -198,7 +193,7 @@ ln -s vcs %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/vcs-%{python3_vers
 %{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/vcs
 %{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/vcs-2
 %{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/vcs-%{python2_version}
-%endif # with_python2
+%endif
 
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 %files -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-%{srcname} -f py3_bins
@@ -210,10 +205,22 @@ ln -s vcs %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/vcs-%{python3_vers
 %{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/vcs
 %{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/vcs-3
 %{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/vcs-%{python3_version}
-%endif # with_python3
+%endif
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun May 10 2020 Scott K Logan <logans@cottsay.net> - 0.2.8-1
+- Update to 0.2.8 (rhbz#1833742)
+
+* Wed Apr 15 2020 Scott K Logan <logans@cottsay.net> - 0.2.7-1
+- Update to 0.2.7 (rhbz#1787844)
+
+* Wed Oct 30 2019 Scott K Logan <logans@cottsay.net> - 0.2.4-1
+- Update to 0.2.4 (rhbz#1764143)
+
+* Thu Aug 08 2019 Scott K Logan <logans@cottsay.net> - 0.2.3-1
+- Update to 0.2.3
+
 * Wed Jul 17 2019 Scott K Logan <logans@cottsay.net> - 0.2.2-1
 - Update to 0.2.2
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 2767f13..088d874 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (vcstool-0.2.2.tar.gz) = d4a22b7df55b6948e870174f75007e127592991a03c2ec5709600e60c3cde250bdad1b34001e63e22847b2d3a6158678a05ae6f5a39f70c16762f3f651bb092f
+SHA512 (vcstool-0.2.8.tar.gz) = 251acbfe6122206b0ececb5306b963eec9089c20aac39da8ff0ab7f5b0512d56a153636731f376014912df9d06126392bac9a0fcdaa992938e83e270991afa3f