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brew install git v2.54.0 GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND BSD-3-Clause AND MIT

Distributed version control system for tracking code changes and collaborating on projects.

Why you might care

Git is the de facto standard for version control in software development, enabling branching, merging, and collaboration across teams. It's fast, works offline, and is fundamental to modern development workflows and CI/CD pipelines. Nearly all other tools in this browser depend on or integrate with Git.

Categories

version-control

Alternatives

mercurial subversion fossil
93.9k
30-day installs · #45
370.0k
90-day · #39
1.6M
365-day · #27

Runtime dependencies

pcre2 gettext

Build dependencies

gettext pkgconf

Links

Caveats

The Tcl/Tk GUIs (e.g. gitk, git-gui) are now in the `git-gui` formula.
Subversion interoperability (git-svn) is now in the `git-svn` formula.

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