Re: git invalid developer path
Re: git invalid developer path
- Subject: Re: git invalid developer path
- From: Daniel Santos <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 00:17:26 +0000
I also have that git binary in the path setting in .bash_profile, so when I do a git —version I get the correct one.
I will try home brew to see if I can fix this.
> On 22 Feb 2016, at 17:59, Jens Alfke <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> On Feb 21, 2016, at 11:31 AM, Daniel Santos <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> I am running the git binary from the git download site and not the git that already comes with OS X. I ran the following command to override it :
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>> MacBook-Pro:xekmypic dlsa$ alias git=/usr/local/git/bin/git
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> Using a shell alias will override the command in that shell, but it doesn’t apply to nested shells. So if a shell-script invokes “git” it gets the regular git.
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> If you put that alias command in your shell’s startup script (e.g. .bash_profile) then it takes effect for nested shells, provided they’re the same type of shell that you run. But if you use a nonstandard shell like tcsh or zsh, then the alias won’t affect standard shell scripts that use bash.
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> The most reliable way to override commands is via the path — if you append a directory to $PATH in your shell’s startup, then all processes created from the shell will inherit that environment and find commands in that directory.
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> (Just noticed that the path to your git is unusual — typically local commands go in /usr/local/bin. I suggest using a package manager like homebrew to install nonstandard software; it will make sure everything’s installed in the right place.)
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> —Jens
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