diff -u -r ../git-2.8.1/tempfile.c ./tempfile.c
--- ../git-2.8.1/tempfile.c	2016-04-03 15:07:18.000000000 -0400
+++ ./tempfile.c	2016-04-28 07:22:47.339509915 -0400
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 
 	tmpdir = getenv("TMPDIR");
 	if (!tmpdir)
-		tmpdir = "/tmp";
+		tmpdir = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp";
 
 	strbuf_addf(&tempfile->filename, "%s/%s", tmpdir, template);
 	tempfile->fd = git_mkstemps_mode(tempfile->filename.buf, suffixlen, mode);
