Git installation documentation

1. Install git

Options :

apt (Debian, Ubuntu)
homebrew (Linux, Mac)
pkg (OpenBSD)
sources
binaries (Linux, Mac, Windows)

1.1 Install git using apt (Debian, Ubuntu)

$ sudo apt install git

1.2 Install git using brew (Linux, Mac)

$ brew install git

1.3 Install git using pkg (OpenBSD)

$ doas pkg_add git

1.4 Install git from sources

Download sources from https://github.com/git/git/tags

$ tar xzf git-*.tar.gz
$ cd git-*
$ make
$ sudo make install

1.5 Install git from binaries (Linux, Mac, Windows)

Please see https://git-scm.com/downloads.

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