Macos – Installed Git, not sure how to get it working

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Ive installed Git on my Mac (OS 10.7.5) and it seems to be successful (I get the successful installation message). But when I open my terminal and try some basic command line, eg" git --version I just get the message:

Illegal instruction: 4

This is what all the tutorials tell me to do to get started. I am at a loss as to what to do next.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

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This is likely a compiler or a permission issue.

Searching google for "Illegal instruction: 4" returns many results. See this link:

I would suggest removing git, and simply installing Xcode because installing Xcode also installs a mac specific version of git.

You could alternately install using homebrew

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