I'm just curious, Where Git get installed (via DMG) on Mac OS X file system?
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Is it in your PATH? If so just run which git in the terminal and it will tell you.
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Ciasto piekarz
this will give the path of the git binary file not the git installation directory.
Merchako
If you're trying to sort through multiple
git installations, which -a git will tell you all of them in your PATH.The installer from the git homepage installs into /usr/local/git by default. See also this answer. However, if you install XCode4, it will install a git version in /usr/bin. To ensure you can easily upgrade from the website and use the latest git version, edit either your profile information to place /usr/local/git/bin before /usr/bin in the $PATH or edit /etc/paths and insert /usr/local/git/bin as the first entry (see this answer).
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emkman
I first installed git 1.8 via dmg, but then installed the Command Line Tools for XCode (not the full XCode4) from Apple which installed 1.7. Placing /usr/local/git/bin in the front of my path got me using 1.8 again. Thanks!
Mohammad Arif
Cool, it worked for me too on 10.8.4, had the old version and new installation was not reflecting, changing order in /etc/paths works.
simply type in which git in your terminal window and it will show you exactly where it was installed.
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you can simply use this command on a terminal to find out git on unix platforms (mac/linux) -
whereis git or which git
This command should return something like - /usr/bin/git or any other location where git is installed
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On most of UNIX based sys, its at /usr/bin/git (if installed with default options)
all git related scripts are at /usr/libexec/git-core
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You can also try with /usr/local/bin/git it worked for me
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Usually some of the applications have been known to take it from the Xcode.app path also: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/
Coda 2, prefers this path than the soft link at /usr/bin.
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Mostly in /usr/local/git (there are also /etc/paths.d/git and /etc/manpaths.d/git items).
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On Linux the command is whereis. Alternatively you can issue find / -name git and wait for an eternity. Alternatively try echo $PATH | sed "s/:/ /g" | xargs -L 1 ls | grep git
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If you have fresh installation / update of Xcode, it is possible that your git binary can't be executed (I had mine under /usr/bin/git). To fix this problem just run the Xcode and "Accept" license conditions and try again, it should work.
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On Mojave
The binary is in
/usr/bin/git The related scripts are here
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/libexec/git-core/git 
/usr/local/git//usr/local/git/libexec/git-core/usr/bin/giton OS X 10.9.5 and XCode 6.1whereis git