5 Ways to Install Git on Mac with a few commands

Using Homebrew

Homebrew is a popular package manager for macOS. If we don't have Homebrew installed, we can install it using:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Once Homebrew is installed, we can install Git with:

brew install git

Using MacPorts

MacPorts is another package management system for macOS. If we don't have MacPorts installed, we can install it using:

sudo port selfupdate
sudo port install git

Using Xcode

Apple ships a binary package of Git with Xcode. If we have Xcode installed, we can use it to install Git:

xcode-select --install

Using a Binary Installer

We can download a binary installer for Git from the official Git website. After downloading, we simply run the installer and follow the instructions.

Building from Source

If we prefer to build Git from source, we can download the source code from the official Git website and compile it:

tar -xzf git-*.tar.gz
cd git-*
make prefix=/usr/local all
sudo make prefix=/usr/local install

Verifying the Installation

To verify that Git is installed correctly, we can check the version:

git --version