Comments on Tim, the Enchanter: Git OS X installer is official

Hi there Matt!

Yes, you are correct on how ...

2008-11-01T20:51:00.000-07:00

Hi there Matt!

Yes, you are correct on how to uninstall it - /usr/local/git*, and /etc/paths.d/git, /etc/manpaths.d

As for the opt directory, that gets put there by ports.

For more info on how to build it, resort to a screencast I put together a while ago:

http://git-osx-installer.googlecode.com/files/HowToBuildGitInstaller.mov.zip

Thanks!

oh. i did:
sudo find / -xdev -name "libexpat*" ...

2008-11-01T14:46:00.000-07:00

oh. i did:
sudo find / -xdev -name "libexpat*" -print

and I found:
/usr/lib/libexpat.1.5.0.dylib

in /usr/lib i also see:
libcrypto.0.9.7.dylib
libz.1.2.3.dylib
libssl.0.9.7.dylib

so should i change opt to usr?

also should i change the version numbers to match the ones i have?

Hi Tim,

I installed git with the git instal...

2008-11-01T13:51:00.000-07:00

Hi Tim,

I installed git with the git installer. It works great.

I tried to see how you guys built it by reading the source code.

what is: FROM_DIR="/opt/local/lib/"

I don't have an /opt directory. i'm using the newest macbook 2.4ghz. just got it.

also, does the builder just build the .dmg file? or does it reinstall git on my machine?

how do i uninstall git?
if I delete the folder here: /usr/local/git, and I delete the git files here /etc/paths.d and here /etc/manpaths.d, then will git be completely uninstalled? or were there other changes made by the installer?

thanks!

Hi Ocean:

This is a late response, but your...

2008-06-10T10:16:00.000-07:00

Hi Ocean:

This is a late response, but your feedback has been a great help in improving the installer. These issues should have been completely resolved by now. I really didn't know what I was doing when I first started building the packages. Thanks to the feedback you all have given, I'm a bit smarter now.

Hi Tim,

I installed Git on OS X 10.5.2 usin...

2008-04-18T23:04:00.000-07:00

Hi Tim,

I installed Git on OS X 10.5.2 using your installer the other day, and found a couple of little issues which I thought you might like to know about.

Firstly, the installer over-wrote my ~/.bash_profile file when it added the PATH and MANPATH vars, instead of appending them. I lost the aliases that were in there, but there were only a couple, so it wasn't really a problem for me, but could be for others.

Secondly, the installer also left the 3 post-install scripts sitting in my / directory - I would have though it better to have removed them after installation was completed?

I do have the OS X Developer Tools installed, I see you mentioned that in the post - perhaps that has something to do with it?

Cheers,
Drew

Great stuff. I just used your build recipe to buil...

2008-04-11T04:39:00.000-07:00

Great stuff. I just used your build recipe to build Git v1.5.5.

I skipped the steps "sudo UserScripts/cplibs.sh" and "mkdir -p /usr/local/git/man" as I already had your 1.5.4.5 package installed, and changed the version numbers throughout - it was smooth sailing!

Cheers Tim!

Awesome work. Thanks so much for taking the time t...

2008-04-05T09:43:00.000-07:00

Awesome work. Thanks so much for taking the time to make it easier for the rest of us to get on the git train!

Comments on Tim, the Enchanter: Git OS X installer is official

Hi there Matt!Yes, you are correct on how ...

oh. i did:sudo find / -xdev -name "libexpat*" ...

Hi Tim,I installed git with the git instal...

Hi Ocean:This is a late response, but your...