The Maxwell School
Syracuse University
Syracuse University
This package is not required when using GitHub Desktop, which contains its own built-in version of git. Instead, it enables support for git within Visual Studio Code. However, we'll use GitHub Desktop in class and there are some extra configuration steps involved in the command line version, so it's probably best to skip it unless you feel strongly about adding git support to VS Code.
Download and install from the link below. The 64-bit standalone installer is best unless your system is very old.
Open a terminal window by using Spotlight and searching for "terminal". Then type the command git --version. If that returns a version number, git is already installed. Otherwise, the system will ask for permission to install "Xcode command line tools", which will install git as well as a few other utilities.
If you have an older Mac and git is missing and the system doesn't offer to install it, you can download and install from the link below. If you haven't already installed homebrew the easiest way to install git is the binary installer about half way down the page.