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Homebrew won't link git

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Mar 15, 20266038 views
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Problem

When I installed git or upgrade git via I couldn't link it with . If I try I get: cowardly refusing to sudo brew link It says that I have to check the permissions on: I ed everything to 777 but I'm not sure if it is good. I can now link git. Should I change the permission to something less permissi…

Error Output

/usr/local/share/gitk/lib
/usr/local/share/git-gui/lib
/usr/local/share/git-core/templates
/usr/local/share/git-core/templates/hooks
/usr/local/share…

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Fix for: Homebrew won't link git

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777 permissions aren't necessarily bad here – you'll probably never run into permissions problems, and it's not a huge security issue I'd say. Anyway, the "normal" permissions on that Homebrew requires should be (recursively) 755, thus . At least sh…

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