Apple - How to use the Homebrew installed git on Mac?
Thanks everyone for helpful answers. In my case adding
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:${PATH}"
in ~/.bash_profile
followed by
source ~/.bash_profile
solved the problem for my user.
Status 2020
All the tricks mentioned here in several answers are not necessary anymore on macOS Sierra, Mojave & Catalina with the latest Homebrew. Forget export PATH="..."
and modifications to ~/.bash_profile
.
You simply do
brew install git
and you're done.
To confirm, open a new terminal window/tab and type
git --version
Please don't forget to open a new window. Terminals that were open before you started to install
will not inherit any changes.
Ok, I'm ready to get serious about scm.
$ git --version
git version 1.9.5 (Apple Git-50.3)
Nope, that's not what I wanted. I <3 homebrew, so:
$ brew install git
All set?
$ git --version
git version 1.9.5 (Apple Git-50.3)
Doh! (scratches head)
$ which git
/usr/bin/git
Ah, Apple's git is in /usr/bin, so it trumps the homebrew one. What to do?
(A) Just rename Apple's binary
(B) Let homebrew-managed one take precedence:
[edit PATH export e.g. in ~/.zshrc (oh-my-zsh + iTerm2 FTW! /tangent)]
[specifically: move /usr/local/bin/git: before /usr/bin:]
... and/or (e.g. to more broadly let homebrew stuff trump system installs, and have the precedence apply to all shells and users) also edit /etc/paths file, [moving /usr/local/bin above /usr/bin]
But assuming just the simplest / least invasive approach:
$ sudo mv /usr/bin/git /usr/bin/git-apple
Did it work?
$ which git
/usr/local/bin/git
So far so good, now the moment of truth:
$ git --version
git version 2.2.1
w00t! :) Time to go read http://git-scm.com ! :)