http://git-scm.com/
wget http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.7.0.5.tar.gz
tar -vxzf git-1.7.0.5.tar.gz
cd git-1.7.0.5.tar.gz
./configure –prefix=$HOME/usr/local/git –without-tcltk && gmake && gmake install
PATH=”$PATH”:/home/username/usr/local/git/bin