Re-installing Git on Mac OSX with Brew

reinstall_git_brew.md

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

1. Check which git you're running:

   which git
   

   output should be similar to this: /usr/bin/git

2. 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