cd /usr/local/src/
sudo wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.8.4.tar.gz
sudo tar xvfz git-1.8.4.tar.gz
cd git-1.8.4
sudo yum install libcurl-devel.x86_64
sudo ./configure --prefix=$HOME --without-tcltk
sudo yum install gettext
sudo make prefix=/usr/local all
sudo make prefix=/usr/local install