From the course: Programming Foundations: Version Control with Git (2020)

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Installing Git on Mac

Installing Git on Mac

From the course: Programming Foundations: Version Control with Git (2020)

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Installing Git on Mac

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- [Instructor] If you're on a newer Mac, Git may already be pre-installed. But it's a good idea to reinstall it to make sure you have the latest version. First, go to git-scm.com/downloads and select the Mac OS download. It should start automatically. If it doesn't, select the Click Here to Download Manually link, and it'll take you to a new page. I've already downloaded it, so I'm just going to go into my downloads folder in my finder. Let's start the installation by opening the DMG file. Once it's open, we'll see a few items. The readme text file has some additional information about the install, but we can just go ahead and double click on the package to install Git. If you get a popup message that says it can't be opened because it's from an unidentified developer, we'll need to go to our system preferences. Select Security & Privacy, and since that we know that this is a legitimate download, we can okay this…

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