The instructions in this blog post worked for me, except that I had to visit EPEL and find the newest version of the git RPM: http://hire.chrisjlee.net/node/139
Fetch the binaries
cd ~
mkdir git
cd git
# Download the rpm from EPEL ( http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL )
# Find the latest version by checking http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/i386/
wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/i386/git-1.8.2.1-1.el5.i386.rpm
# Extract binaries from the rpm
rpm2cpio git-1.7.4.1-1.el5.i386.rpm | cpio -imdv
rm git-1.7.4.1-1.el5.i386.rpm
Configure
echo "
export GIT_BIN=${HOME}/git
export PATH=${GIT_BIN}/usr/bin:${PATH}
export GIT_EXEC_PATH=${GIT_BIN}/usr/bin
export GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR=${GIT_BIN}/usr/share/git-core/templates
export GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=true" >> ~/.bashrc
Configure git
mkdir ~/.git
git config --local --add remote.origin.uploadpack ~/git/usr/bin/git-upload-pack
git config --local --add remote.origin.receivepack ~/git/usr/bin/git-receive-pack
