Software tweaks for Mac

On a Mac, the Git GUI does not install as a standalone application. Instead, you must open Utilities » Terminal and enter the simple command:

git gui

It’s possible that this will fail with “command not found” or “‘gui’ is not a git command”. If so, we need to adjust your login profile so that it can find the new version of git. Try this:

touch ~/.bash_profile
open -e ~/.bash_profile

This will pop up a TextEdit window, possibly empty. Whether it’s empty or not, add this line, and save the file:

export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH

Close your terminal, open a new one, and then try git gui again.

If it works, you should be able to proceed with the original instructions. If not, post a question about what happened to Piazza.

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