Installing Git on a Mac is pretty straightforward. We will explore two ways to install Git on a Mac.
Using Xcode Command Line Tools
Xcode Command Line Tools is a set of tools provided by Apple for developing software on macOS. We can check if Git is already installed on our Mac by running the following command in the Terminal.
This command will prompt us to install Xcode Command Line Tools if it is not already installed. We follow the on-screen instructions to install it, which includes Git.
Using Homebrew
Homebrew is a package manager for macOS and we can use it to install Git. We can install git using Homebrew by running the following command in the Terminal.
Verifying the Installation
To verify that Git has been installed successfully, we can run the following command in the Terminal.
This command will display the version of Git installed on our Mac.