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by paradite 3614 days ago
The one pre-installed is way outdated. Better off install the latest version using homebrew.
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stephenr 3614 days ago
The one shipped by Apple on OS X 10.11.6 is 2.7.4, which was released in March this year. That's hardly "way outdated".

> Better off install the latest version using homebrew.

The Git project provides package to install binaries for OSX. Homebrew's name would be more accurate to the reality of the product if it's name was bathtub-whiskey.

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paradite 3614 days ago
They updated it, following this incident:

http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2016/04/17/unprotected/

http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2016/05/05/xcode/

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bdash 3614 days ago
Note that Git ships with Xcode, not part of OS X itself. Xcode 7.3.1 updated Git to v2.7.4. Xcode 8, likely to GM in the next month or two, includes Git v2.8.4.
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erikpukinskis 3614 days ago
Is git changing that fast? I'm not sure I've ever upgraded git on any machine.
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stevenwiles 3614 days ago
You are misinformed.
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