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On Mac OS X with HomeBrew, is there any advantage to installing Git via .dmg rather than via HomeBrew?

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Mar 15, 20263598 views
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If a Mac OS X user already has HomeBrew installed, is there any advantage to installing Git via the .dmg files for OS X linked from the Git download page rather than via HomeBrew?

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IIRC, Git is required for Homebrew to work, so you most likely already have it. Let's ignore that for a while... From the installer readme: This installs git to . Root access is required. and creates a new directory tree containing , , etc. there. I…

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