Install Git on macOS

This article will show you how to install git in macOS

Prerequisites

Base on git official document, it uses brew command to install git on macOS, if you don’t have brew command available, open terminal app and run below commands

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

Install git with brew

Run below command to install git

brew install git

Configure git global information

# config user name
git config --global user.name "FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME"
# config email address
git config --global user.email "MY_NAME@example.com"

Reference

• https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Appendix-C:-Git-Commands-Setup-and-Config