First, I apologize if this is a really simple question, but Git is completely new to me. Basically, I’m doing a bit of iOS development, and now I have a project idea that I want to start working with, and I plan to include it in the initial control for the first time.
Now I know that Xcode 4 has some Git integration, but I noticed a couple of posts that suggest that the integration is not so useful, and it’s better to do this using the command line.
So, I followed the instructions here http://git-scm.com/book/en/Getting-Started-Installing-Git , and I downloaded Mac version 1.7.10.3 and completed the installation.
However, when I run Git --version, I get version 1.7.4.4, which is the version that was installed with Xcode, I assume?
My question is: how do I use my new version 1.7.10.3? The plan is to learn how to use Git using command tools and set up a central repository on the server that I have at home, and then have local copies on my laptop.
As I said, I'm actually new to this, so a quick, step-by-step guide for idiots would be helpful. I searched and tried to find the details here and on google, but apart from the suggestion to use Git outside of Xcode, I did not find exactly how to do this.
Any advice or links to a decent tutorial that covers this would be greatly appreciated.
Update:
I changed the path to the new path in .bash_profile (/ usr / local / git / bin) and now I get Git version 1.7.7.5 (Apple Git -26). This still seems to be the wrong version (although it may be me tight). I downloaded the installer for OSX from the link above. Should I do something else. I want to play with command line tools so that I can understand correctly
Update 2:
Now I'm also trying to use MacPorts, as recommended in the article. It seems like loading is a lot more than just git, though