Install git ubuntu 12.04
My Short note of installing git 1.8 in ubuntu 12.04
sudo apt-get install git sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev libexpat1-dev gettext libz-dev libssl-dev build-essential wget https://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.8.1.2.tar.gz tar -zxf git-1.8.1.2.tar.gz cd git-1.8.1.2 make prefix=/usr/local all sudo make prefix=/usr/local install git config --global user.name "NewUser" git config --global user.email [email protected] CREATING REPOSITORY mkdir ride.git cd ride.git git init --bare LOCAL if on server git clone /home/user/repos/ride.git ./ if on local