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---
layout: default
title: Installing git (OSX)
description: How to install git on OSX
categories: mac
main_category: setup
---
There are a number of methods to install git on OSX. This guide details the most common methods, in order of ease of install.
After you have completed installation you will need to [generate an SSH keypair](/mac-key-setup) and [set your local git config](/git-email-settings).
Pre-compiled Installer
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Download and run [git-osx-installer](http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/)
Homebrew
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Install [Homebrew](http://github.com/mxcl/homebrew) if you haven't already done so.
Install Git *(You may want to include Subversion support if you want to import SVN repositories. Snow Leopard already contains a copy of SVN)*
$ brew install git
==> Downloading http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.6.5.7.tar.bz2
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==> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/git/1.6.5.7
==> make install
==> Downloading http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-manpages-1.6.5.7.tar.bz2
######################################################################## 100.0%
/usr/local/Cellar/git/1.6.5.7: 383 files, 16M, built in 74 seconds
Compiling git manually
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See [this guide](http://gist.github.com/423308).
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