git-1.4.0 make problems

I downloaded the git-1.4.0.tar.bz2 recently and encountered a few problems.

1) The untar process creates a stray file "pax_global_header".
I am using GNU tar v1.13.22 and I get this message :

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tar: pax_global_header: Unknown file type 'g', extracted as normal file ======================================================================

2) The make install process ignores the "prefix=..." argument. I have
to comment out one line for this :

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94c94 < #prefix = $(HOME) ---

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3) The make has a problem with "expat" include and libararies.
I have to add more lines to the Makefile to handle this like some
of the other include and libraries :

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360c353 < endif ---

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Other than that, it installed okay. I will have to read the docs and use it to see how it goes otherwise.