install git without admin/sudo or make

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I have a MacBook Pro without admin or sudo access, but I need git. XCode is not installed, so I don't have access to make, so I cannot build from source. /usr/local is locked down, so I cannot use MacPorts or Homebrew either.

How do I get a working git binary?

Have a friend with a Mac install the Homebrew version (or compile it), then copy it over. — nohillside, Mar 21 '19 at 20:47

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 21 '19 at 20:51

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Download the Git installer from https://git-scm.com/download/mac
Open the installer package with Pacifist
Copy the required binaries into ~/bin and update your PATH

answered Mar 21 '19 at 20:51

nohillside

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I’ve tried this and it mostly works, except for ‘git stash’ complains that stash is not a git command – noah Mar 22 '19 at 22:42
'stash' is certainly a subcommand for git 2.2, so what command line are you passing and what actual error do you get? Also, what is the output of 'git --version'? – Marc Wilson Mar 23 '19 at 15:07

install git without admin/sudo or make

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