If presented a pop up saying that it cannot be installed because it is from an unidentified developer, you can override this security feature for this application only.I'll walk you through these steps now, but it's a good idea for you to open this up and read through it yourself in case there's an update in the future. Download the latest version of Git for Mac.īefore we begin the installation process, I'll open up the README.txt file that comes with the disk image.If you do see git in that list, stop watching this video, and skip to the video Updating Git if You Have the Version From Apple as well as an Official Install. If you don't see git in that lists, you most likely don't have it installed and can continue watching this video. Run 'ls /usr/local' and look through that list to find git. Checking for an existing Git installation Let's install the latest official release and give it precedence over the one that came with Xcode or the command line developer tools.īefore we do that, let's make sure that we don't already have a version installed that just isn't getting priority over the version from Apple.

The version in this example is 1.9.3, while 2.2.1 is the current latest release of Git. If, when you run 'git -version', you see a message like 'git version 1.9.3 (Apple Git-50)' you have a version of Git from Apple.

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