How to clone, build and install Git as a non-root user.

Clone:

$ git clone https://github.com/git/git.git

Configure for personal destination directory:

$ make configure
$ ./configure --prefix=/home/rpjday/newgit

Build and install:

$ make all install
$ make doc install-doc install-html

All installed under your selected directory:

• bin/
  • git
  • git-cvsserver
  • gitk
  • git-receive-pack
  • git-shell
  • git-upload-archive
  • git-upload-pack
• libexec/
  • git-core/
    • … LOTS here …
• share/
  • git-core/
    • templates/
  • git-gui/
  • gitk/
  • gitweb/

Finally:

PATH=~/newgit/bin:$PATH

and away you go.