Git comes with built-in GUI tools for committing (git-gui) and browsing (gitk), but there are several third-party tools for users looking for platform-specific experience.
If you want to add another GUI tool to this list, just follow the instructions.
$ brew install git. Apple ships a binary package of Git with Xcode. Binary installer. Tim Harper provides an installer for Git. The latest version is 2.27.0, which was released 3 months ago, on 2020-07-22. Building from Source. If you prefer to build from source, you can find tarballs on kernel.org. The latest version is 2.28.0. GitKraken is a cross-platform, elegant and highly efficient Git client for Linux.
Install Git on Mac OS X There are several ways to install Git on a Mac. In fact, if you've installed XCode (or it's Command Line Tools), Git may already be installed. To find out, open a terminal and enter git -version. $ git -version git version 2.7.0 (Apple Git-66). Check if you can run git to see the current version installed /usr/local/git/bin/git -version Check if you can run git to see the help available /usr/local/git/bin/git -help Later, after you learn how to use git, you can configure your path to automatically find git, by changing your path, using shell scripts, symbolic links.
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There are other great GUI tools available as well. Have a look at the list of interfaces, frontends and tools in the Git Wiki.
All of the commands below should work, even on the older versions of Git. They may act a little differently but should work. Git is very good at preserving backward compatibility. Any version after 2.0 should work just fine. How To Install Git on MAC OS. There are a couple of ways to install Git on MAC OS.