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So I just installed the latest git, with the official mac installer. I'm on Mavericks.

Sadly, git --version is still 

git version 1.9.3 (Apple Git-50)

and which git gives me:

/usr/bin/git

Instead, the git installer installed the updated git in 

/urs/local/git

echoing $PATH gives:

[some hidden paths]:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/git/bin/:/usr/local/bin

How can I make my mac to use the right update git?

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    Change the order of your $PATH to search /usr/local/git/bin before /usr/bin. Commented Jan 26, 2015 at 17:24
  • Ok, but how (I'm not such an expert): for what I can see, $PATH is the union of several files, it's not stored on a single file. I think, among others, /etc/paths and /etc/paths.d/git (this last containing /usr/local/git/sbin ) Commented Jan 27, 2015 at 8:07
  • Ok, in /etc/paths I had /usr/bin /bin /usr/sbin /sbin /usr/local/bin and I added /usr/local/git/bin before all. Now it works. Thank you. Commented Jan 27, 2015 at 8:12

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If you don't need the older version of git in /usr/bin/git, the quickest and easiest thing to do is to rename the old binary in /usr/bin/git to something like git.v1.9.3 and symlink the new version.

First rename:

mv /usr/bin/git /usr/bin/git.v1.9.3

Next symlink new:

ln -s /usr/local/git /usr/bin/git

Now check the binary:

git --version
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The following worked for me

brew link --overwrite git
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