Install Git on a shared host

This solution worked for me:

• ssh into your server
• Create directory ‘src’ and cd into it:

cd
mkdir src
cd src

• Download and unpack the latest version of git. You van find the latest releases here: https://github.com/git/git/releases

curl -LO https://github.com/git/git/archive/v.2.3.0.tar.gz

tar zxvf v.2.3.0.tar.gz

cd git-2.3.0

• build a config file:

make configure

Now enter the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/home/$USER --with-curl --with-expat

make -i

make -i install

echo 'PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin' >> $HOME/.bashrc

source $HOME/.bashrc

you should now be able to run git version and be rewarded with ‘git version 2.3.0′.