How to install GIT

Git is distributed version control system focused on speed, effectivity and real-world usability on large projects. Following are the steps to intsall Git

wget http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.7.3.tar.bz2
tar jxvf git-1.7.3.tar.bz2
cd git-1.7.3
./configure
make && make install
git