Build

How to build git from source.

Good default command (tested Ubuntu 15.10):

sudo apt-get build-dep git
sudo apt-get install autoconf docbook2x libssl-dev
make configure
./configure
time make -j$(nproc) all man
time make -j$(nproc) install install-man
# Add ~/bin to PATH.

Build everything, including docs:

time make -j$(nproc) all doc html info man

The ones that matter are:

time make -j$(nproc) all man

Install to default prefix:

time make -j$(nproc) install install-man

By default:

git goes to ~/bin, which is great and does not require sudo
manpages go to ~/share/man which is 2.7.4 searches for by default on Ubuntu 15.10

Install to given prefix:

time make -j$(nproc) prefix="$(pwd)/../install" install

Install everything:

time make -j$(nproc) prefix="$(pwd)/../install" install install-doc install-info install-html install-man