Install

Latest version: 2.51.2 (Release Notes)

There are several options for installing Git on macOS. Note that any non-source distributions are provided by third parties, and may not be up to date with the latest source release.

Choose one of the following options for installing Git on macOS:

Homebrew

Install homebrew if you don't already have it, then:
$ brew install git

MacPorts

Install MacPorts if you don't already have it, then:
$ sudo port install git

Xcode Command Line Tools

Apple ships a binary package of Git with Xcode Command Line Tools. You can install this via:
$ xcode-select --install

Binary installer

Tim Harper provided an installer for Git until version 2.33.0 / 2021. These installers are no longer linked from here because there are no updates since that version, nor are there plans to provide any.

Installing git-gui

If you would like to install git-gui and gitk, git's commit GUI and interactive history browser, you can do so using homebrew
$ brew install git-gui