First you need to install any dependencies:
yum install gettext-devel expat-devel curl-devel zlib-devel openssl-devel
Then get the source code for Git
wget http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.7.2.2.tar.gz
Extract the tarball
tar -zvxf git-1.7.2.2.tar.gz
Install to usr/local
cd git-1.7.2.2.tar.gz make prefix=/usr/local all make prefix=/usr/local install
Test it out
cd ~/ git --version
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