INSTALLATION --------------------- create a symbolic link in your HOME ln -s <path to your cloned repo>/bash_profile .bash_profile AUTOCOMPLETION --------------------- For autocompletion, you need the file git-completion.sh, in normal git installations it can be found in: /usr/local/git/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash if it is there, leave it there, the bash_profile must work properly if not, you must download it from the oficial git repository: https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash and then intall it in the folder described above, or modify bash_profile