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---+ 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 [[http://www.macports.org/][MacPorts]] by running "<span class="WYSIWYG_TT">sudo port install git-core</span>"
   * [[http://gitx.frim.nl/][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:<br /> <verbatim>apt-get install git-core</verbatim>
Topic revision: r2 - 2011-05-05 - rgeorgi