Did you even uninstall the original package, and install the git package?
I suggest you look at the
source files for the libcups package first, most notably the PKGBUILD. Compare that to the AUR git package and
its PKGBUILD.
Are you familiar with the ArchLinux
Package Creation process?
There's
a lot to read for you.
Then show us what you did and where and how it failed.