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Dependencies: Autoconf | OpenSSL
Version: 2.14.1
Git is a distributed version control system that was initially designed and developed by Linus Torvalds for Linux kernel development.
Get the Code
Switch to /usr/local/src and download the source package.
cd /usr/local/src
curl --remote-name https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-VERSION.tar.gz
Extract the archive and move into the folder.
tar -xzvf git-VERSION.tar.gz
cd git-VERSION
Compile and Install
Configure, compile and install into /usr/local/mac-dev-env/git-VERSION.
make configure
./configure \
--prefix=/usr/local/mac-dev-env/git-VERSION \
--with-openssl=/usr/local/openssl
make all
make install
Create a symbolic link to /usr/local/git.
ln -s mac-dev-env/git-VERSION /usr/local/git
Documentation
Git can be compiled with the Man Pages included but it requires dependencies that can be problematic. The maintainers are aware and therefore provide a pre-compiled version available for download.
Switch to /usr/local/src and download the documentation.
cd /usr/local/src
curl --remote-name https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-manpages-VERSION.tar.gz
Extract the documentation to /usr/local/git/man.
tar -xzvof git-manpages-VERSION.tar.gz -C /usr/local/git/share/man
Shell
Execute the following lines to update your Bash startup script.
echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile
echo 'export MANPATH=/usr/local/git/share/man:$MANPATH' >> ~/.bash_profile
Load the new shell configurations.
source ~/.bash_profile
Verify the Installation
Verify that you have successfully installed Git.
git --version