Combination of the processes so generously laid out by:

Joe Maller
http://joemaller.com/908/how-to-install-git-on-a-shared-host/
http://joemaller.com/990/a-web-focused-git-workflow/

Daniel Miessler
http://danielmiessler.com/blog/using-git-to-maintain-your-website

My own process

ssh **username**@**server** -p 8888
cd ~
vi .bashrc

Add this line to .bashrc

export PATH=$HOME/opt/bin:$PATH

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