+1 to the Mac Github > preferences > install command line tools sounds like the same problem I've been referring to in the following places (at RU and at WUSL): http://software-carpentry.org/blog/2014/07/high-school-students-at-rockefeller.html https://github.com/swcarpentry/bc/issues/595
I thought I also posted on the windows-installer repo about testing git on a mac by running `git init` in a temp folder to properly diagnose this issue, but I cannot find the issue I commented on. - Dan On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 1:48 AM, Carol Willing < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Greg, > > +1 to Damien's suggestion to document. > > FWIW, we use the following Git installation instructions for OpenHatch's > Open Source Comes to Campus events ( > https://openhatch.org/wiki/Open_Source_Comes_to_Campus/Curriculum/Laptop_setup/OSX_git) > and we don't seem to face the same configuration issues. It does need to be > updated for Mavericks 10.9 and Yosemite 10.10. > > Carol > > > On 30/10/2014 22:25, Damien Irving wrote: > > Hi Greg, > > After you've tried all these solutions tomorrow, perhaps you (or one of > the other instructors you're with this week) could write a blog post and/or > update the wiki ( > https://github.com/swcarpentry/bc/wiki/Configuration-Problems-and-Solutions) > to alert the community about the best way to solve this problem (or the > multiple different ways depending on your exact version of OS X)? From my > experience the git on old Macs issue is the number one problem that keeps > coming up again and again, and as evidenced by this email discussion and > the wiki page there's a lot of different solutions out there. In the heat > of battle, I've found that presenting helpers and learners with multiple > different options for fixing it doesn't go down so well. What we really > need is a super clear decision tree outlining which option to take for > which problem / OS X version. > > > Cheers, > Damien > > > > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Carol Willing < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> HI Greg, >> >> We ran into this same issue on OS X 10.8 of below at UCSD a couple of >> weeks ago. >> >> We found success by using the git-osx-installer 1.8.4.2 found here: >> >> https://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/downloads/detail?name=git-1.8.4.2-intel-universal-snow-leopard.dmg&can=2&q= >> >> If it does not work or you get an error with git v1.8.4.2, the second >> thing that helped was to install or update the command line tools using the >> command "xcode-select --install": >> http://osxdaily.com/2014/02/12/install-command-line-tools-mac-os-x/ >> >> This SW Carpentry wiki doc helped for some installation issues that we >> ran across: >> >> https://github.com/swcarpentry/bc/wiki/Configuration-Problems-and-Solutions >> >> Good luck! >> >> Carol >> >> >> On 30/10/2014 16:25, Greg Wilson wrote: >> >> We tried older versions of Git when this came up three weeks ago; didn't >> help. I'll try GitHub for Mac tomorrow - don't think the students have >> Homebrew. >> Thx, >> G >> >> On 2014-10-30 7:21 PM, Matt Davis wrote: >> >> Looks like most of the advice comes down to "install a different Git". >> >> You could track down an older installer for Macs, install GitHub for >> Mac (https://mac.github.com/), or install the command line tools, either >> via XCode or by downloading just the command line tools from Apple's >> developer site (for which you have to register for a free Apple developer >> account). If, for some reason, folks are already using Homebrew it can also >> install Git. >> >> If you try GitHub for Mac I don't know to where that installs Git. >> >> - Matt >> >> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Greg Wilson < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> We had another couple of students run into "Git doesn't run on Mac OS X >>> 10.8" problems today - as with the workshop in Toronto at the beginning of >>> the month, 'git --version' works fine, but anything beyond that (such as >>> 'git init .') fails because of a symbol binding problem (missing symbol is >>> strlcpy_chk, for those who care). The furthest we got then was: >>> >>> >>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22920497/git-mountain-lion-dyld-lazy-symbol-binding-failed-symbol-not-found-str >>> >>> Does anyone have an advance on this? I'd like to be able to get them >>> back on track tomorrow morning if I can... >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Greg >>> >>> -- >>> Greg Wilson >>> Software Carpentry | http://www.software-carpentry.org/ >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> >>> http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Greg Wilson >> Software Carpentry | http://www.software-carpentry.org/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing >> [email protected]http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org >> >> >> >> -- >> *Carol Willing* >> Developer | Willing Consulting >> https://willingconsulting.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing > [email protected]http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org > > > > -- > *Carol Willing* > Developer | Willing Consulting > +1 760 456 9366 | https://willingconsulting.com > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org >
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