Download

[download address][1]

Install

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cd ~/Downloads
tar -xvf git-1.8.4.tar.gz
cd git-1.8.4
sudo apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev libexpat1-dev gettext libz-dev libssl-dev curl libcurl4-openssl-dev
./configure --prefix=/home/xxx/app/git
make
sudo make install

Set path

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cd ~
sublime .profile
# append the following content to .profile file
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/app/git/bin"
# save
source .profile

Test

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git --version # git version 1.8.4

Some questions

/bin/sh: 1: msgfmt: not found # install 'gettext'

fatal: Unable to find remote helper for 'https' # install 'curl libcurl4-openssl-dev' [1]: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.8.4.tar.gz