Install git-2.16.1.tar.gz on debian

# Remove packaged Git
sudo apt-get remove git-core

# Install dependencies
sudo apt-get install -y libcurl4-openssl-dev libexpat1-dev gettext libz-dev libssl-dev build-essential

# Download and compile from source
cd /tmp
curl --remote-name --progress https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.16.1.tar.gz
tar -xzf git-2.16.1.tar.gz
cd git-2.16.1/
./configure
make prefix=/usr/local all

# Install into /usr/local/bin
sudo make prefix=/usr/local install