Git build

Building git

See the current verion of git

git --version

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sudo -i
yum install perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker gettext-devel expat-devel curl-devel zlib-devel openssl-devel openssl-devel gcc-c++ make
wget -O git-source.tar.gz https://api.github.com/repos/git/git/tarball/master
tar zxvf git-source.tar.gz
mv git-git* gitsource

cd gitsource
make prefix=/usr/local all
make prefix=/usr/local install