Upgrading to Git 2.0
30 May 2014
Developers of Git are making a serious effort to improve intuitiveness for first-time users. Of course, all users benefit from intuitive tools. When our tools just work, we spend less time sifting through documentation and more time solving problems for our customers.
How to Upgrade
If you’re on Mac OS X, make sure you’re using Homebrew. It’s the easiest way to install and manage Unix libraries on the Mac.
It’s usually a good idea to check your current version before upgrading.
$ git --version
git version 1.9.2
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Next, make sure that Homebrew is current.
$ brew doctor
Warning: Your Homebrew is outdated.
You haven't updated for at least 24 hours, this is a long time in brewland!
To update Homebrew, run `brew update`.
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My Homebrew was outdated, so I used brew update to grab the new packages.
$ brew update
Updated Homebrew from b46160b8 to afff2b23.
==> New Formulae
aces_container git-number picolisp
apache-spark homebrew/versions/mongodb24 probatron4j
...
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Next, use Homebrew to upgrade Git.
$ brew upgrade git
==> Upgrading 1 outdated package, with result:
git 2.0.0
==> Upgrading git
==> Downloading https://downloads.sf.net/project/machomebrew/Bottles/git-2.0.0.mavericks.bottle.tar.gz
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Pouring git-2.0.0.mavericks.bottle.tar.gz
==> Caveats
The OS X keychain credential helper has been installed to:
/usr/local/bin/git-credential-osxkeychain
The 'contrib' directory has been installed to:
/usr/local/share/git-core/contrib
Bash completion has been installed to:
/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d
zsh completion has been installed to:
/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions
==> Summary
🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/git/2.0.0: 1324 files, 31M
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Finished. Let’s check the Git version to confirm that the upgrade went properly.
$ git --version
git version 2.0.0
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Future articles will examine the this latest version of Git in detail. For now, enjoy!