• Fetch the binaries
• Configure
• Configure git
• Test it out

As of Nov 2012, godaddy SSH servers are running Centos 5.5 i386.

Fetch the binaries

cd ~
mkdir git
cd git
# Download the rpm from EPEL ( http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL )
wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/i386/git-1.7.4.1-1.el5.i386.rpm
# Extract binaries from the rpm
rpm2cpio git-1.7.4.1-1.el5.i386.rpm  | cpio -imdv
rm git-1.7.4.1-1.el5.i386.rpm

Configure

echo "export GIT_BIN=\${HOME}/git" >> ~/.bash_profile
echo "export PATH=\${GIT_BIN}/usr/bin:\${PATH}" >> ~/.bash_profile
echo "export GIT_EXEC_PATH=\${GIT_BIN}/usr/bin" >> ~/.bash_profile
echo "export GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR=\${GIT_BIN}/usr/share/git-core/templates" >> ~/.bash_profile
echo "export GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=true" >> ~/.bash_profile

Configure git

mkdir ~/.git
git config --local --add remote.origin.uploadpack ~/git/usr/bin/git-upload-pack
git config --local --add remote.origin.receivepack ~/git/usr/bin/git-receive-pack

Test it out

mkdir ~/test
cd ~/test
git clone https://github.com/github/git-reference.git

Thanks to :

• http://writepermission.com/2009/09/install-git-on-a-shared-webhost/
• http://www.krizka.net/2010/12/30/setting-up-a-public-git-repository-with-godaddy-shared-hosting/