How to upgrade Git to latest version on macOS

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I just bought a new Mac with OS X Lion and I checked in the Terminal what version of git is installed by default  I got the answer  git --version  gt  git version 1 7 5 4   I would like to upgrade git to the latest version 1 7 8 3  so I downloaded the dmg installer  git-1 7 8 3-intel-universal-snow-leopard dmg  and I launched it   After the install  the Terminal still says that the version is 1 7 5 4  What am I doing wrong

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Without Homebrew   Use the installer from git s website   Update your    bash profile file  Notice this command differs from kmikael s answer by what it puts in the file    Other command  export PATH  usr local git bin  usr local sbin   and so on  Below command  export PATH   usr local git bin  usr local sbin  PATH  Use whichever one you prefer     echo  export PATH   usr local git bin  usr local sbin  PATH         bash profile   If you re using Xcode  you ll need to add some symbolic links    Example  ln -s  opt local bin git  usr bin git  Restart terminal     which git should say the directory in the README txt file from the dmg  git --version should say the updated version   echo  PATH should start with  usr local git bin  usr local sbin

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if using homebrew you can update sim links using   brew link --overwrite git

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I used the following to upgrade git on mac      hansi  brew install git   hansi  git --version  git version 2 19 0   hansi  brew install git Warning  git 2 25 1 is already installed  it s just not linked You can use  brew link git  to link this version   hansi  brew link git  Linking  usr local Cellar git 2 25 1     Error  Could not symlink bin git Target  usr local bin git already exists  You may want to remove it    rm   usr local bin git   To force the link and overwrite all conflicting files    brew link --overwrite git  To list all files that would be deleted    brew link --overwrite --dry-run git  hansi  brew link --overwrite git  Linking  usr local Cellar git 2 25 1    205 symlinks created   hansi  git --version git version 2 25 1

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I prefer not to alter the path hierarchy  but instead deal with git specifically   knowing that I m never going to use old git to do what new git will now manage  This is a brute force solution   NOTE  I installed XCode on Yosemite  10 10 2  clean first    I then installed from the binary available on git-scm com      which git  usr bin git   cd  usr bin   sudo ln -sf  usr local git bin git   sudo ln -sf  usr local git bin git-credential-osxkeychain   sudo ln -sf  usr local git bin git-cvsserver   sudo ln -sf  usr local git bin git-receive-pack   sudo ln -sf  usr local git bin git-shell   sudo ln -sf  usr local git bin git-upload-archive   sudo ln -sf  usr local git bin git-upload-pack   ls -la  you should see your new symlinks

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The installer from the git homepage installs into  usr local git by default  However  if you install XCode4  it will install a git version in  usr bin  To ensure you can easily upgrade from the website and use the latest git version  edit either your profile information to place  usr local git bin before  usr bin in the  PATH or edit  etc paths and insert  usr local git bin as the first entry   It may help to someone at-least changing the order in  etc paths worked for me

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It s simple if you already have Homebrew  Assuming you have homebrew installed  type the following  brew install git  This should automatically install git and set it in your path  replacing the Apple one  Quit and restart terminal  Check git version to confirm  git --version  If the output of the above command shows the latest version and does not mention Apple with the version details  then you are all set  If however you still see apple version  then type the following two lines  which will manually set our path to the local git distro instead of the Apple one  export PATH  usr local bin  PATH git --version  IF YOU DON T HAVE HOMEBREW  FOLLOW THESE STEPS Check version   git --version Backup  or remove  Apple git  Optional    sudo mv  usr bin git  usr bin git-apple Install Homebrew if you didn   t have    usr bin ruby -e  quot   curl -fsSL https   raw githubusercontent com Homebrew install master install  quot  Or update if you already have   brew update  amp  amp  brew upgrade Install Git with Homebrew   brew install git Symbolic link   brew link --force git Quit terminal and open a new terminal  then check version    git --version You should see    git version  lt latest version gt  Nice  We   re safe now  And next time you can just      brew update  amp  amp  brew upgrade

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It would probably be better if you added   export PATH  usr local git bin  usr local sbin  PATH   to a file named  bashrc in your home folder  This way any other software that you might install in  usr local git bin will also be found first   For an easy way to do this just type   echo  export PATH  usr local git bin  usr local sbin  PATH   gt  gt     bashrc   into the Terminal and it will do it for you

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I did it in this way    Open GitHub application installed on Mac Click on Advanced tab  rarr  Install command line tools Once you get a message that all commands have been installed close your terminal and reopen it  Now check git --version  it should give you the latest version

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The latest version was not available as a binary for mac on git-scm com  so I installed from source  I was missing a required package for localization  and added NO GETTEXT true to install without localization   git clone https   github com git git git cd git make NO GETTEXT true make NO GETTEXT true install   This installed git under   bin which I then had to add to the beginning of my PATH variable

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the simplest way I found so far is from git official website  It just computed dependencies and downloaded all of the required libraries tools  http   git-scm com book en Getting-Started-Installing-Git     The other major way is to install Git via MacPorts    http   www macports org   If you have MacPorts installed  install Git   via        sudo port install git-core  svn  doc  bash completion  gitweb

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After searching for  trouble upgrading git on mac  on Google  I read several posts and attempted the following before resolving the problem by completing step 4    I updated my terminal path by using the above mention export command  Every time I quit the terminal and restarted it  when I typed git --version the terminal  it still return the older version 1 8  I followed the README txt instructions for upgrading to the current version 2 0 1 that comes with the  dmg installer and when I restarted the terminal  still no go  I looked for  etc path  folder as instructed above and the directory called  path  does not exist on my Mac  I am running OS X Mavericks version 10 9 4  Then I recalled I have Homebrew installed on my Mac and ran the following   brew --version brew update brew search git brew install git    This finally resolved my problem  If anyone has some insight as to why this worked  further insight would be greatly appreciated  I probably have some left over path settings on my system from working with Ruby last year

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In order to keep both versions  I just changed the value of PATH environment variable by putting the new version s git path  quot  usr local git bin  quot  at the beginning  it forces to use the newest version     echo  PATH  usr bin  bin  usr sbin  sbin  usr local bin  opt X11 bin  usr local git bin    git --version git version 2 4 9  Apple Git-60   original value   usr bin  bin  usr sbin  sbin  usr local bin  opt X11 bin  usr local git bin  new value   usr local git bin   usr bin  bin  usr sbin  sbin  usr local bin  opt X11 bin    export PATH  usr local git bin   usr bin  bin  usr sbin  sbin  usr local bin  opt X11 bin   git --version git version 2 13 0

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I recently upgraded the Git on my OS X machine to the latest also  I didn t use the same  dmg you used  but when I installed it the binaries were placed in  usr local bin  Now  the way my PATH was arranged  the directory  usr bin appears before  usr local bin  So what I did was   cd  usr bin mkdir git ORIG mv git  git ORIG    This moves the several original programs named git  to a new subdirectory that keeps them out of the way  After that  which git shows that the one in  usr local bin is found   Modify the above procedure as necessary to fit wherever you installed the new binaries

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You need to adjust shell path   the path will be set in either  bashrc or  bash profile in your home directory  more likely  bash profile  So add into the path similar to the below and keep what you already have in the path  each segment is separated by a colon  export PATH  quot  usr local bin  usr bin git  usr bin  usr local sbin  PATH quot

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For me  with Homebrew 1 6 7  the following worked   brew upgrade git

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