homebrewmacosxcode
Are they the same thing?
I was reading the "homebrew-php" github page, and it mentions about xcode and its command line tools.
My understanding about homebrew is it is a package manager like npm, why does it have anything to do with xcode, which I think doesn't have much to do with PHP.
No, there shouldn't be a problem having 2 different versions of Subversion installed at the same time. MacPorts and Homebrew will install their executable binaries to a different path.
The version which actually gets executed when executing svn in the shell depends on your $PATH environment variable, which contains a list of directories to search through, in order.
If your $PATH variable lists the directory where Homebrew installs binaries first (I believe this is the default configuration), svn will use the more recent version.
Yes, the Command Line Tools package does include /usr/bin/git. You can see what files are included in an installer by pressing command-I:
As of 10.8, OS X does not come with git preinstalled.
Best Answer
Homebrew doesn't include a compiler and other tools that would duplicate Apple's development tools. Instead of that - it just asks for you to get the basic tools from Apple.
Xcode uses the same tools under the hood as homebrew - so you could satisfy this specific requirement either by installing the command line tools directly or via an Xcode install.
So, they aren't the same thing and you need both for the brew package manager to run.