On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 06:52:11AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > as i am ramping up to do more git courses, i want to make sure i > have the most up-to-date info on how to install and configure git on > windows and mac for students who use those platforms. > > one installation page i am aware of is: > > https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/install-git > > but i don't know if that's entirely current, so what is the current > best practices for getting git on mac and windows from people actually > using it on those platforms? thanks muchly. AFAKI, from all my OS X using coworkers, Homebrew's the way that modern Mac developers install Git. Mac Ports may still be around, but I was sure it was losing against its competitor, Homebrew. Not so sure if the Mac installer autoupdates. The exception to all this is those GUI users who have a bundled Git library (libgit2, jgit), or the git-core, as part of whatever GUI tool they prefer.