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Version: 1.8.4
Git is a distributed version control system that was initially designed and developed by Linus Torvalds for Linux kernel development.
Get the Code
Switch to /usr/local/src and download the source package.
cd /usr/local/src
curl --remote-name http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-VERSION.tar.gz
Extract the archive and move into the folder.
tar -xzvf git-VERSION.tar.gz
cd git-VERSION
Compile and Install
Configure, compile and install into /usr/local/git-VERSION.
make configure
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/git-VERSION
make all
make install
Create a symbolic link that points /usr/local/git to /usr/local/git-VERSION.
ln -s git-VERSION /usr/local/git
Documentation
Git can be compiled with the Man Pages included but it requires dependencies that can be problematic. The maintainers are aware and therefore provide a pre-compiled version available for download.
Switch to /usr/local/src and download the documentation.
cd /usr/local/src
curl --remote-name http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-manpages-VERSION.tar.gz
Extract the documentation to /usr/local/git/man.
mkdir -p /usr/local/git/man
tar -xzvof git-manpages-VERSION.tar.gz -C /usr/local/git/man
Shell
Execute the following lines to update your Bash startup script.
echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile
echo 'export MANPATH=/usr/local/git/man:$MANPATH' >> ~/.bash_profile
Load the new shell configurations.
source ~/.bash_profile
Verify the Installation
To verify that you have correctly installed Git, execute the following command. It should display git version VERSION.
git --version