From 4a4379ac5afc654590d9f17e7dfccfa2a46dc686 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julian Swagemakers Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 12:43:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] downloads/mac: replace Xcode with Command Line Tools Apples Xcode Command Line Tools provides git without the full Xcode IDE. It can also easily be installed via `xcode-select --install`. --- content/install/mac.html | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/install/mac.html b/content/install/mac.html index c026fe5f2b..915bbaf070 100644 --- a/content/install/mac.html +++ b/content/install/mac.html @@ -24,8 +24,11 @@

MacPorts

Install MacPorts if you don't already have it, then:
$ sudo port install git

-

Xcode

-

Apple ships a binary package of Git with Xcode.

+

Xcode Command Line Tools

+

Apple ships a binary package of Git with Xcode Command Line + Tools. You can install this via:
+ $ xcode-select --install

Installing git-gui

If you would like to install git-gui and gitk, From 77b1ef5de3186b3297c0b3a8d6dc7bcc631e7215 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julian Swagemakers Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 12:30:26 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] downloads/mac: re add binary installer In commit 54175adc0160b4f495489f1c29a649a5a56c0ebf the binary installer was removed since it's no longer maintained. Now there are still a lot of references to that page mentioning the binary installer, for example Pro Git book[0] or Stack Overflow[1]. To reduce confusion this re adds the binary installer indicating that it is no longer maintained. [0]: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/70764034 --- content/install/mac.html | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/install/mac.html b/content/install/mac.html index 915bbaf070..39980753f6 100644 --- a/content/install/mac.html +++ b/content/install/mac.html @@ -30,6 +30,11 @@

Xcode Command Line Tools

Tools. You can install this via:
$ xcode-select --install

+

Binary installer

+

Tim Harper provided an installer for Git until version 2.33.0 / 2021. + These installers are no longer linked from here because there are no updates + since that version, nor are there plans to provide any.

+

Installing git-gui

If you would like to install git-gui and gitk, git's commit GUI and interactive history browser, you can do so using homebrew