Can I install/use git on OS X Yosemite without CLDT?

Question

A friend of mine need to clone a git repo, but on his machine is xcode not installed and when he tries to use git his Macbook says

The command git requires the command line developer tools, do you want to install them?

The picture is in German.

git

So is it possible to use git on OS X without Xcode?

Take a look at this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/114884/is-there-a-way-to-install-gcc-in-osx-without-installing-xcode — Keenle, Dec 19 '14 at 22:55
Hm... then his machine might be broken, he said, he has github for mac installed and git, but it shows this message anyway :( — Knerd, Dec 19 '14 at 22:59
He actually did execute /Applications/GitHub.app/Contents/Resources/git/bin/git binary not /usr/bin/git? — Kazuki Sakamoto, Dec 19 '14 at 23:55
make sense. I guess he didn't set PATH env, so that git was /usr/bin/git. He should use /Applications/GitHub.app/Contents/Resources/git/bin/git instead of git, or set PATH env. — Kazuki Sakamoto, Dec 20 '14 at 00:05
@KazukiSakamoto would you add that to your answer please? :) — Knerd, Dec 20 '14 at 00:07

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 19 '14 at 23:23

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Yes. Instead of using the built-in git command:

Install Homebrew if you haven't already:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Run brew update && brew install git
Restart Terminal (or close the current tab and open a new one)

Before you do this:

$ git --version
git version 1.9.3 (Apple Git-50)

After you do this:

$ git --version
git version 2.2.1

answered Dec 19 '14 at 23:23

Aaron Brager

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I'm not sure but I think Homebrew requires command line tools. – Kazuki Sakamoto Dec 19 '14 at 23:29
I was scared of that :( – Knerd Dec 19 '14 at 23:32

Kazuki Sakamoto · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-20T00:11:36.963

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How about using SourceTree.app?

http://www.sourcetreeapp.com/

SourceTree.app has also git binary.

$ SourceTree.app/Contents/Resources/git_local/bin/git --version
git version 2.2.1

EDIT

he has github for mac installed and git, but it shows this message anyway :(

I guess he didn't set PATH env, so that git was /usr/bin/git. He should use /Applications/GitHub.app/Contents/Resources/git/bin/git instead of git, or set PATH env.

edited Dec 20 '14 at 00:11

answered Dec 19 '14 at 23:37

Kazuki Sakamoto

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I accepted, your answer, because Sourcetree worked and we gonna try the `PATH` thing :) – Knerd Dec 20 '14 at 00:15

Can I install/use git on OS X Yosemite without CLDT?

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