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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

  1. Check which git you're running:
which git

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

  1. Remove that git install
sudo rm -rf /usr/bin/git/ # If you got `Not permitted` error, you need to temporarily disable System Integrity Protection. https://goo.gl/6ynsCY
sudo rm /etc/paths.d/git # If doesn't exist, it's ok
sudo rm /etc/manpaths.d/git # If doesn't exist, it's ok
sudo pkgutil --forget --pkgs=GitOSX\.Installer\.git[A-Za-z0-9]*\.[a-z]*.pkg # If got error, it's ok

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

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