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Re-installing Git on Mac OSX with Brew

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Re-installing Git on Mac OSX with Brew

This is helpful if you've previously installed git from source on OSX, and other compilers can't find the correct path. You need to remove the current version of git, then re-install with brew.

Uninstall git if installed manually

Check which git you're running:
```
which git
```
output should be similar to this: /usr/bin/git

Remove that git install

sudo rm -rf /usr/bin/git/
sudo rm /etc/paths.d/git
sudo rm /etc/manpaths.d/git
sudo pkgutil --forget --pkgs=GitOSX\.Installer\.git[A-Za-z0-9]*\.[a-z]*.pkg

Re-install git with brew

brew uninstall git
brew update
brew install git

Check which git you're now running:

which git

Should now say: /usr/local/bin/git

dfyz011 commented Sep 22, 2023

Don't forget to reload your terminal after install git with brew. (For me helped to restart vscode)

nnat157 commented Nov 21, 2023

Hey people! I was able to get this issue resolved. However i had to install manually (not using brew initially).

I followed the steps from the Git website to reinstall Git. https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git It automatically updated the git version i had on my Mac. Having XCode on my device did not effect the install. I know this may seem broad, but it worked for me!! hope this helps!

Thank you so much!! This absolutely worked for me!