Install Latest Git on CentOS

Setup RPMForge Repository

$ wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm
$ rpm --import http://apt.sw.be/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt
$ rpm -K rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.*.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.*.rpm

Disable CentOS Base Repository and Enable RPMForge Extras

$ cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
$ sudo vi CentOS-Base.repo

Add enabled = 0

[base]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Base
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/
enabled = 0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6

$ sudo vi rpmforge.repo

Change enabled = to 1

[rpmforge-extras]
name = RHEL $releasever - RPMforge.net - extras
baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/$basearch/extras
mirrorlist = http://mirrorlist.repoforge.org/el6/mirrors-rpmforge-extras
#mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge-extras
enabled = 1
protect = 0
gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag
gpgcheck = 1

Remove Git, update, reinstall get, & verify version.

$ sudo yum clean all
$ sudo yum remove git
$ sudo yum update
$ sudo yum install git
$ git --version

git version 1.7.12.4