Obtaining and Installing Git

Precompiled binaries for Mac OSX and Windows, and source code for self-compiling on Linux can be found at the Git project homepage:

http://git-scm.com/

Files obtained from this source should also include git gui, the standard GUI frontend for Git.

OS-Specific Notes

Mac OSX

• Git for OSX can also be obtained through MacPorts by running "sudo port install git-core"
• GitX is a free GUI frontend for OSX that can be downloaded at http://gitx.frim.nl/
• Tower is a paid GUI frontend for OSX that offers a student discount, and can be obtained at http://www.git-tower.com/

Ubuntu

• Git can be installed using:
  

  apt-get install git-core