Compile static git (e.g. for use in jailed server environment). NB! The kernel version must match that of the destination for the binary to work.

compile_static_git.sh

#!/bin/sh

# What git version to build
git_version="2.2.2"

# let's make sure we have all we need to proceed 
sudo yum install curl-devel expat-devel gettext-devel openssl-devel zlib-devel autoconf

# Download sources
cd /tmp
if [[ ! -d git-$git_version ]]; then
  curl https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-$git_version.tar.gz | tar xzv
fi
cd git-$git_version/

# compile and install
make configure
./configure --prefix=/tmp/git-static CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -static" NO_OPENSSL=1 NO_CURL=1
sudo make install

# Now package it to tarball
cd /tmp
tar zcvf /tmp/git-static-$git_version.tgz git-static

echo "Static git: /tmp/git-static-$git_version.tgz"