MacOS – How to update Git (actually remove apple git and install new one via brew)

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I want to update git. I find this article:

On one of the first steps, I get a problem. When I tried to backup currently installed git I got permissions restriction. It's ok it must be some OSX system restriction.

I checked PATH and noticed that /usr/bin is after /usr/local/bin. So if I just install new version of git via brew this version will be used (since brew installs everything into /usr/local/bin. I did that and the result frustrated me. Old git is using instead of installed via brew. Why?

Here is some output:

svlad at sharikovvlad in ~/sandbox/git-test on master [+]
$ git --version
git version 2.11.0 (Apple Git-81)

svlad at sharikovvlad in ~/sandbox/git-test on master [+]
$ which git
/usr/local/bin/git

svlad at sharikovvlad in ~/sandbox/git-test on master [+]
$ ls -al /usr/local/bin/git | grep git
lrwxr-xr-x  1 svlad  admin  28 Sep  3 18:16 /usr/local/bin/git -> ../Cellar/git/2.14.1/bin/git

svlad at sharikovvlad in ~/sandbox/git-test on master [+]
$ /usr/local/Cellar/git/2.14.1/bin/git --version
git version 2.14.1

svlad at sharikovvlad in ~/sandbox/git-test on master [+]
$ echo $PATH
/Users/svlad/bin:/usr/local/opt/gnupg@1.4/libexec/gpgbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/Commands
$

So why apple git is using? /usr/local/bin is first in path so symlink from this folder must be used? So why I am getting old version?

Also, any thoughts how can I remove apple git?

Best Answer

You can try to remove CLI tools alone, which is what comes with Apple git and that may solve your problem.

CLI Tools Removal

if that didn't do it, that means that CLI Tools were downloaded separate from Xcode and you can try this to remove it:

sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

Once that's gone you just check to make sure it got removed and then reinstall it with Homebrew. Hope this may help.

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