first need to login as root and need to install dependencies
yum -y install zlib-devel openssl-devel cpio expat-devel gettext-devel
now
cd /usr/local/src
download the source of git using :
wget http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.7.9.tar.gz
extact file :
tar xvzf git-1.7.9.tar.gz
now into source direcotry
cd git-1.7.9
now configure a makefile using below command
./configure
compile the code using below command
make
now start installation using below
make install
after completion of installation make one directory which you want to make a git repository
for eg.
mkdir /opt/test
cd /opt/test
git init
if all will be done properly and git has been installed properly you will get message like below
Initialized empty Git repository in /opt/test/.test/
