installing git for single user

cd ~
wget http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.7.10.1.tar.gz
tar zxvf git-1.7.10.1.tar.gz
cd git-1.7.10.1
./configure --prefix=/home/$USER
make
make install
echo 'PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin' >> $HOME/.bashrc
source $HOME/.bashrc