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

In order to keep both versions, I just changed the value of PATH environment variable by putting the new version's git path "/usr/local/git/bin/" at the beginning, it forces to use the newest version:

$ echo $PATH

/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin/

$ git --version

git version 2.4.9 (Apple Git-60)

original value: /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin/

new value: /usr/local/git/bin/:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin

$ export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin/:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin

$ git --version

git version 2.13.0

Answer 2

You need to adjust shell path , the path will be set in either .bashrc or .bash_profile in your home directory, more likely .bash_profile.

So add into the path similar to the below and keep what you already have in the path, each segment is separated by a colon:

export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin/git:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH"

Answer 3

For me, with Homebrew 1.6.7, the following worked:

brew upgrade git