The final step is optional, and allows non-terminal applications to see Git. If you have any terminal windows, GNU Screens or TMUX sessions open, you'll need to restart those, or run 'source /etc/profile' in each of them. The next step in the README.txt file is to restart bash sessions.Once the installation is complete, click 'Close'.

You may be asked for your administrator password.

Click 'Continue' to begin the installation process.

* Right-click (or hold the control key and click) on the '.pkg' file and select 'Open'

If you're presented with a pop up saying that the application 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.

Instead, install Git using the official installer from the Git website because it's a more recent version. So, if your only reason to install the command line developer tools is to utilize Git, I'd recommend not installing them at this time. While it is an easy way to get Git installed on your system, it comes with an outdated version.

Choose an option in the dialog to download the command line developer tools.Īnd a pop up comes up asking you to install either Xcode or Developer tools.

Xcode-select: note: no developer tools were found at '/Applications/Xcode.app', requesting install. If, when you run 'git -version' you see a message like the following

Xcode version command line