Skip to content

Commit e8f3c8f

Browse files
committed
downloads/mac: replace Xcode with Command Line Tools
Apples Xcode Command Line Tools provides git without the full Xcode IDE. It can also easily be installed via `xcode-select --install`.
1 parent ce2fa80 commit e8f3c8f

File tree

1 file changed

+7
-3
lines changed

1 file changed

+7
-3
lines changed

content/downloads/mac.html

Lines changed: 7 additions & 3 deletions
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -22,9 +22,13 @@ <h3>MacPorts</h3>
2222
<p>Install <a href="https://www.macports.org">MacPorts</a> if you don't already have it, then:<br>
2323
<code>$ sudo port install git</code></p>
2424

25-
<h3>Xcode</h3>
26-
<p>Apple ships a binary package of Git with <a href="https://developer.apple.com/xcode/">Xcode</a>.</p>
27-
25+
<h3>Xcode Command Line Tools</h3>
26+
<p>Apple ships a binary package of Git with <a
27+
href="https://developer.apple.com/xcode/resources/">Xcode Command Line
28+
Tools</a>. This is not a recommended way to install Git. There is no public
29+
record of which version it provides, and it is usually outdated.<br>
30+
<code>$ xcode-select --install</code></p>
31+
2832
<h3>Building from Source</h3>
2933
<p>If you prefer to build from source, you can find tarballs
3034
<a href="https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/">on kernel.org</a>.

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)