How to upgrade Git to latest version on macOS?

Question

I just bought a new Mac with OS X Lion and I checked in the Terminal what version of git is installed by default. I got the answer

git --version
> git ver         


        

Answer 1

Without Homebrew

1. Use the installer from git's website.
2. Update your ~/.bash_profile file. Notice this command differs from kmikael's answer by what it puts in the file:
   • Other command: export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/local/sbin/:[and so on]
   • Below command: export PATH="/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH"
   • Use whichever one you prefer.

echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile

3. If you're using Xcode, you'll need to add some symbolic links.
   • Example: ln -s /opt/local/bin/git /usr/bin/git
4. Restart terminal.
   • which git should say the directory in the README.txt file from the dmg.
   • git --version should say the updated version.
   • echo $PATH should start with /usr/local/git/bin:/usr/local/sbin: