Install gitk on Mac

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Does anyone know how to install gitk on Mac   From their official website  it seems gitk comes with git  but the version of my git  git version 1 7 12 4  Apple Git-37   does not come with gitk   brew install gitk does not work for gitk   Version info  copied from comments     OS X 10 8 2  12C2034   Mountain Lion  XCode Version 4 6  4H127

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I had the same problem on Mac 10 7 5 with git version 1 7 12 4  When I ran gitk I got an error    Error in startup script  expected version number but got  Git-37       while executing  package vcompare  git version  1 6 6 2       invoked from within  if   package vcompare  git version  1 6 6 2    gt   0        set show notes  --show-notes          file   usr bin gitk  line 11587    When I looked at the code in gitk I saw the line that sets the version   set git version  join  lrange  split  lindex  exec git version  end     0 2       This somehow parsed the git version results to Git-37 instead of 1 7 12 4  I just replaced the git version line with   set git version  1 7 12 4

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If  like me  you have SourceTree installed  but want to use gitk as well  you can use the version that comes with SourceTree s embedded version of git   SourceTree s version of git  and thus gitk  is here   For Windows   C  Users User AppData Local Atlassian SourceTree git local bin git exe  or   USERPROFILE  AppData Local Atlassian SourceTree git local bin   For Mac    Applications SourceTree app Contents Resources git local bin   In that directory  you ll find a gitk executable   Thanks to  Adrian for the comment which alerted me to this  I thought it was worth posting as an answer in its own right

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Correct  the 1 7 12 4  Apple Git-37  does not come with gitk  You can install a more recent version of git   git-ui as a separate formula by using brew   More thorough instructions located here  http   www moncefbelyamani com how-to-install-xcode-homebrew-git-rvm-ruby-on-mac      see this commit extracting git-gui gitk into its own formula  https   github com Homebrew homebrew-core commit dfa3ccf1e7d3901e371b5140b935839ba9d8b706   Run the following commands at the terminal   brew update brew install git brew install git-gui   If you get an error indicating it could not link git  then you may need to change permissions owners of the files it mentions   Once completed  run   type -a git   And make sure it shows    usr local bin git   If it does not  run   brew doctor   And make the path change to put  usr local bin earlier in the path  Now  gitk should be on your path  along with an updated version of git

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There are two ways to fix this   Unix Way  simple and recommended  Homebrew Way  1  Unix Way  In 4 simple steps  Execute which git in the terminal to know the location of your git executable  Open that directory  amp  locate gitk inside the bin folder  Copy the path --- typically  usr local git bin Edit your    bash profile to add the location of local git  amp  gitk in the paths or  simply copy-pasta from the sample written below   Sample bash profile    enabling gitk export PATH  usr local git bin  PATH  If you don t have a bash profile want to learn how to create one  then click here   This step is relevant if you re using El Capitan or higher  amp  you run into an unknown color name    lime    error  Locate gitk executable  typically at  usr local bin gitk   take a backup  amp  open it in a text editor  Find all occurences of lime in the file  amp  replace them with  quot  99FF00 quot   Reload bash  source    bash profile  Now  run gitk  2  HomeBrew way Updates - If you do not have homebrew on your mac  get it installed first  It may require sudo privileges   brew update brew doctor brew link git added  usr local Cellar git 2 4 0 bin to path  amp  then reload bash  amp  run gitk No luck yet  Proceed further  Run which git  amp  observe if git is still linked to  usr bin git If yes  then open the directory  amp  locate the was a binary executable  Take its backup  may be save with a name git bak  amp  delete the original file Reload the terminal - source    bash profile

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As of macOS Catalina 10 15 6  I run  brew install git brew install git-gui  and it worked for me

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I just had the same problem and solved it as follows    Download the official git package for Mac from http   git-scm com download mac Install the package  This places all the binaries in  usr local git bin  Optionally run the included script to make gitk accessible outside of terminals Either add  usr local git bin to your PATH or use an alias  alias gitk   usr local git bin gitk

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First you need to check which version of git you are running  the one installed with brew should be running on  usr local bin git   you can verify this from a terminal using   which git   In case git shows up on a different directory you need to run this from a terminal to add it to your path   echo export PATH   usr local bin  PATH   gt  gt     bash profile   After that you can close and open again your terminal or just run   source    bash profile   And voila  In case you are running on OSX Mavericks you might need to install XQuartz

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If you already have git installed via homebrew  you can just do upgrade     type -a git  usr bin git   brew upgrade git   type -a git  usr local bin git   The one at local bin will have gitk

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If you happen to already have Fink installed  this worked for me on Yosemite   OS X 10 10 5   fink install git  Note that as a side effect  other git commands are also using the newer git version  2 5 1  installed by Fink  rather than the version from Apple  2 3 2   which is still there but preempted by my  PATH

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You can also get gitk with the git from MacPorts   sudo port install git

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Git Mac version comes without gitk but if you do  brew install git you get instant access to gitk   I m using MAC sierra 10 12 5  Edit  This doesn  t work anymore  you must install brew install git-gui

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I had the same issue  I installed gitx instead    You can install gitx from here    http   rowanj github io gitx   Download the package and install it  After that open the gitk from spotlight search  goto the top left corner  Click on GitX and enable the terminal usage   Goto your repo and simply type     gitx --all   It will open the Gui   User manual   http   gitx frim nl user manual html

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For Mojave users  I found this page very useful  particularly this suggestion    usr bin wish   which gitk       without that  the window did not display correctly

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What I ended up doing was  brew info git  Which gave me info that git was cloned into   usr local Cellar git 1 9 0  So I just added   usr local Cellar git 1 9 0 bin to the beginning of my PATH env variable   Note  I don t know how to use homebrew    just want to get going quickly as I have other things to do    this basically gets gitk running for me so I m sticking to it for now   probably not the way to work with homebrew though

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