Install Git under OSX Mavericks

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2013-12
  • Jan Hančič

    I've just completed a fresh install of Mavericks. Then I went to git-scm.com and downloaded the Mac installer and installed Git from that.

    Now whenever I go into the terminal and type git I get this:

    xcode-select: note: no developer tools were found at '/Applications/Xcode.app', 
requesting install. Choose an option in the dialog to download the command line 
developer tools.

    I also this dialog:

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    The git installer installed git into /usr/local/git/bin and I've added this to my PATH but still no dice.

    What am I doing wrong here? I don't want to install xcode just so I can use git.

    • Answers
  • Arne Burmeister

    Just download the original git package. The installer will install git under /usr/local/git (you need to deactivate security options to run the installer).

    There is a preinstalled git wrapper in /usr/bin used by Xcode which does not work without installing Xcode. You need to run /usr/local/git/bin/git explicit or change the PATH variable to contain /usr/local/git/bin before /usr/bin!

    Create/edit your ~/.profile with the following:

    PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH
export PATH

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  • geekosaur

    Try pkgutil --file-info /usr/bin/git to see if the system knows where it came from. But my guess is something other than XCode or an Apple package (unless you just installed XCode 4; I have no idea about it) put it there and you should just remove it.