How can git be installed on CENTOS 5.5?

Question

How can I install git on CENTOS 5.5 machine? I tried to install it from yum but got following msg.

root@host [~]# sudo yum install git
Loaded plugins: fastes         


        

Answer 1

I'm sure this question is about to die now that RHEL 5 is nearing end of life, but the answer seems to have gotten a lot simpler now:

sudo yum install epel-release
sudo yum install git

worked for me on a fresh install of CentOS 5.11.