First, needed to install git. Can get it with yum if have rpmforge installed.
rpm -Uhv http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
The above command installs rpmforge-release. Now can install git with yum.
[root@server yum.repos.d]# yum install git Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security rpmforge | 1.1 kB 00:00 rpmforge/primary | 3.5 MB 00:01 rpmforge 9732/9732 Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package git.i386 0:1.5.2.1-1.el5.rf set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: perl(SVN::Ra) for package: git --> Processing Dependency: perl(SVN::Core) for package: git --> Processing Dependency: perl(Git) for package: git --> Processing Dependency: perl(SVN::Delta) for package: git --> Running transaction check ---> Package perl-Git.i386 0:1.5.2.1-1.el5.rf set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: perl(Error) for package: perl-Git ---> Package subversion-perl.i386 0:1.6.6-0.1.el5.rf set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: subversion = 1.6.6-0.1.el5.rf for package: subversion-perl --> Running transaction check ---> Package perl-Error.noarch 0:0.17015-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package subversion.i386 0:1.6.6-0.1.el5.rf set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================= Installing: git i386 1.5.2.1-1.el5.rf rpmforge 27 M Installing for dependencies: perl-Error noarch 0.17015-1.el5.rf rpmforge 27 k perl-Git i386 1.5.2.1-1.el5.rf rpmforge 18 k subversion-perl i386 1.6.6-0.1.el5.rf rpmforge 2.3 M Updating for dependencies: subversion i386 1.6.6-0.1.el5.rf rpmforge 6.5 M Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================================= Install 4 Package(s) Update 1 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 36 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/5): perl-Git-1.5.2.1-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm | 18 kB 00:00 (2/5): perl-Error-0.17015-1.el5.rf.noarch.rpm | 27 kB 00:00 (3/5): subversion-perl-1.6.6-0.1.el5.rf.i386.rpm | 2.3 MB 00:01 (4/5): subversion-1.6.6-0.1.el5.rf.i386.rpm | 6.5 MB 00:02 (5/5): git-1.5.2.1-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm | 27 MB 00:14 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1.8 MB/s | 36 MB 00:19 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Updating : subversion 1/6 Installing : perl-Error 2/6 Installing : subversion-perl 3/6 Installing : git 4/6 Installing : perl-Git 5/6 Cleanup : subversion 6/6 Installed: git.i386 0:1.5.2.1-1.el5.rf Dependency Installed: perl-Error.noarch 0:0.17015-1.el5.rf perl-Git.i386 0:1.5.2.1-1.el5.rf subversion-perl.i386 0:1.6.6-0.1.el5.rf Dependency Updated: subversion.i386 0:1.6.6-0.1.el5.rf Complete!