Git plus Perl 5.10 with MacPorts on Mac OS X Leopard

So today I've been struggling with MacPorts in order install Git with Perl 5.10 and not perl 5.8 (since I have already installed Perl 5.10 and I don't want two different version of Perl in my system). After reading something about it I came up with a simple solution by overriding the Portfile from the Macports installation. Its easy as:

1. Edit your /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf and place the following line on top of the file:

file:///Users/< your username here >/.ports/ [nosync]

this will make ".ports" directory the local repository for the MacPorts.

2. Create directory structure for "git-core" package:

$ mkdir -r /Users/< your username here >/.ports/devel/git-core

3. Download the Portfile for git-core into the created dir:

$ cd /Users/< your username here >/.ports/devel/git-core
$ wget http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/browser/trunk/dports/devel/git-core/Portfile

4. Change the runtime dependency from perl5.8 to perl5.10 by editing the file Portfile and changing the depends-run directive. It should look like:

depends_run port:openssh port:rsync port:perl5.10 port:p5-error

Also remove the patchfiles directive because the patch does not exists anymore:

patchfiles patch-Makefile.diff patch-http.h.diff

5. Run the portindex command in ".ports" dir. You will be presented with an output like:

Creating software index in /Users/Braceta/.ports
Adding port devel/git-core
Total number of ports parsed:    1
Ports successfully parsed:       1
Ports failed:                    0

6. Now install the "git-core" normally as you usually do, but now the dependency is fixed:

$ sudo port install git-core

Done!
If you look at the steps here you can also learn more from the MacPorts packaging system and override other package definitions it you want to! Hope it helps :).