If by the usual message you meet the following, then I think yes:
Erics-iMac:~ ericshain$ git
usage: git [--version] [--help] [-C <path>] [-c name=value]
[--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]
[-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]
[--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>]
<command> [<args>]
The most commonly used git commands are:
add Add file contents to the index
bisect Find by binary search the change that introduced a bug
branch List, create, or delete branches
checkout Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree
clone Clone a repository into a new directory
commit Record changes to the repository
diff Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc
fetch Download objects and refs from another repository
grep Print lines matching a pattern
init Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing one
log Show commit logs
merge Join two or more development histories together
mv Move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink
pull Fetch from and integrate with another repository or a local
branch
push Update remote refs along with associated objects
rebase Forward-port local commits to the updated upstream head
reset Reset current HEAD to the specified state
rm Remove files from the working tree and from the index
show Show various types of objects
status Show the working tree status
tag Create, list, delete or verify a tag object signed with GPG
'git help -a' and 'git help -g' lists available subcommands and some
concept guides. See 'git help <command>' or 'git help <concept>'
to read about a specific subcommand or concept.
Erics-iMac:~ ericshain$
On Sunday, February 8, 2015 at 11:41:39 AM UTC-6, Kevin Squire wrote:
>
> Not sure if that helps. Does running git by itself produce a usage message?
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Eric S <[email protected] <javascript:>>
> wrote:
>
>> Perhaps I should clarify one thing. I'm running Julia by double-clicking
>> the "Julia-0.3.5.app". It launches the terminal and seems to run within a
>> terminal window.
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> On Sunday, February 8, 2015 at 11:04:32 AM UTC-6, Eric S wrote:
>>>
>>> This is what I get when running the command (copied and pasted into the
>>> terminal):
>>>
>>> Erics-MacBook-Air:~ ericshain$ git
>>> --git-dir=/Users/ericshain/.julia/.cache/Stats
>>> merge-base 78f5810a78fa8bee684137d703d21eca3b1d8c78
>>> 8208e29af9f80ef633e50884ffb17cb25a9f5113
>>>
>>> Erics-MacBook-Air:~ ericshain$
>>>
>>> Does this help?
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
>>> On Sunday, February 8, 2015 at 7:42:39 AM UTC-6, Kevin Squire wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 6:33 PM, Seth <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 3:03:14 PM UTC-8, Eric S wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That is what I get running Julia from the Terminal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Eric
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Can you run git from the command line? I'm wondering whether you need
>>>>> to accept the license agreement or something.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, what Seth said--sorry I wasn't clearer. Specifically, what
>>>> happens when you run
>>>>
>>>> *git --git-dir=/Users/ericshain/.julia/.cache/Stats merge-base
>>>> 78f5810a78fa8bee684137d703d21eca3b1d8c78
>>>> 8208e29af9f80ef633e50884ffb17cb25a9f5113*
>>>>
>>>> at the command line.
>>>>
>>>> Kevin
>>>>
>>>
>
