I recently upgraded the version of git that I was using on my personal hosting account to the latest version, 1.7.4.1. I was surprised with how easy it was. I am sure that these steps are not that different for other shared hosting companies and plans, but I have only tested them on Bluehost.
- Download it:
$ wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.7.4.1.tar.bz2 - Unpack it:
$ tar xf git-1.7.4.1.tar.bz2 - CD into it:
$ cd git-1.7.4.1 - Configure it:
$ ./configure --prefix=~/git-install - Compile it:
$ make - Make a directory for it:
$ mkdir ~/git-install - Install it:
$ make install - Fix .bashrc so you can use it: Add
~/git-installto the end of your$PATHvariable. If there was a line in .bashrc that looked like
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:~/bin,
change it to look like:
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:~/bin:~/git-install/bin
Voila, you now have a functioning installation of git on your hosting account! You can use it to keep your website in version control, or do something really wild and use it as a repository server.