Git and macOS

[rgaiacs]

As reported by Azalee Bostroem here:

I just got this note from one of my students after sending them our installation instructions. Does anyone know anything about it?

"the latest git install for macs on the list that you link to in your directions, 2.15.0, does not work and when i googled it it turns out lots of other people had the problem. the previous one, 2.14.1, seems to work.”

Our instructions says

For OS X 10.9 and higher, install Git for Mac by downloading and running the most recent "mavericks" installer from this list. After installing Git, there will not be anything in your /Applications folder, as Git is a command line program. For older versions of OS X (10.5-10.8) use the most recent available installer labelled "snow-leopard" available here.

Maybe the error is related with timcharper/git_osx_installer#101 (as mentioned in timcharper/git_osx_installer#103).

[aragilar]

I had a student run into this at a workshop last week. At some point previously, the student had installed the xcode command line tools (which contained the git that Apple packages), which worked fine for the workshop.

[timcharper]

2.15.1 is released with HFS+ fs. Apple changed the default FS.

[rgaiacs]

2.15.1 is released with HFS+ fs.

Thanks for the info.

Apple changed the default FS.

To which versions of macOS this applies?

[ziyaadparker007]

Version 10.11

[katrinleinweber]

What's the reason for not sending people to https://git-scm.com/download/mac as the 1st place to download Git? I know it redirects to https://sourceforge.net/projects/git-osx-installer/.

[rgaiacs]

What's the reason for not sending people to https://git-scm.com/download/mac as the 1st place to download Git?

I think was to support old versions of OS X. But I'm not a OS X user so I can't confirm.

[iglpdc]

Maybe we should change the default link (for recent macOS) to the link @katrinleinweber mentions, but keep redirecting people with old macs to the link in sourceforge.

[katrinleinweber]

Here's one change suggestion: #485.

[fmichonneau]

I think this is now obsolete.