Kernel Hackers' Guide to git

Installing git from tarball

tarball build-deps: zlib, libcurl, libcrypto (openssl)
here is how to install tarball:
mkdir -p /opt/build
cd /opt/build
wget http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.5.3.7.tar.bz2
 tar -jxvf git-1.5.3.7.tar.bz2
 cd git-1.5.3.7
./configure --prefix=/usr
 make
 sudo make install
cd ..

git-clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git linux-2.6

Kernel Hackers' Guide to git

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