Git: command not found during Git installation (Mac OSX 10.6)

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I am trying to install Git on my Mac (OSX 10.6) following the official Git tutorial.

I had no problem until I had to set my username and my email.

Every time I tried I got -bash: git: command not found

I tried echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.profile + restarted the Terminal. It still doesn't work.

What do you think I should do to solve the problem?

I've never used the OSX GIT installer before and don't really want to.

Edit 1: the command issue is fixed

Edit 2: the result of the command /usr/bin/grep PATH .* is

.bash_history:echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.profile
.bash_history:echo $PATH
.bash_history:echo $PATH
.bash_history:echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.profile
.bash_history:echo $PATH
.bash_history:echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin
.bash_history::$PATH' >> ~/.profile
.bash_history:echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin
.bash_history:echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin
.bash_history:echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin
.bash_history::$PATH' >> ~/.profile
.bash_history:echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.profile
.bash_history:echo $PATH
.bash_history:echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.profile
.bash_history:echo $PATH
.bash_history:echo $PATH
.bash_history:echo $PATH
.profile:export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH
.profile:export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH
.profile:export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH
.profile:export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH
.profile:export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH
.profile:export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH

Best Answer

Where did you install git to? Different install methods will put it in different places. Double check your install process. On my machine i have it in /usr/bin/

You need to ensure your PATH contains the directory that the git lives in.

You can either run locate git to search for it, you'll probably have to build your locate database if you haven't already.

Of you can just try a few typical places

/usr/bin/git --version

Once you know where it is installed, can modify your PATH file by editing .profile or .bash_profile to add the appropriate value.

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Your question is unclear as it seems to ask several things. However the issue re launching from the Dock can be answered.

The Dock does not call a shell. .profile and other startup scripts are only run when Terminal.app or similar starts a shell or you run a shell script via launchd etc.

To change the path used for Apps launched from the Dock, Finder or other GUI then you need to change the path your Workspace uses this is in ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist e.g. mine is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
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  <string>/Users/mark/bin:/Users/mark/env/bin:/Users/mark/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/local/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/libexec/binutils:</string>
</dict>
</plist>

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git is installed by Xcode. I doubt you'll have any problems if you replace it, but I can't give you a definitive answer to that…

What I'd do is rename the old /usr/bin/git to git_old, then rely on your path to select the new one.
If that doesn't work, move the new one to /usr/bin. I doubt Xcode is picky about which version of git it's using.
If that still doesn't work, move git_old back to /usr/bin/git and use either a direct path, rename, or alias for your new one.

I doubt you'll have to go past #1 above, though. That should be enough.

Edit: I read your original post backwards. The first thing you should do is make sure your path includes the new git directory BEFORE the directory that contains the old git.

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