• installation
  • from source
• location
  • get locations
• list
  • get from all configure
• default configuration
• tig
  • install from source
• troubleshooting
  • ld: archive member '/' not a mach-o file

installation

[!NOTE|label:references:]

• Download for Linux and Unix
• 1.5 Getting Started - Installing Git

• ubuntu

  $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
  $ sudo apt update
  $ sudo apt install git
  

from source

[!NOTE|label:references:]

• 1.5 Getting Started - Installing Git
• index : git.git
• Compile and install Git from source
• How do I correctly install the tools in git's contrib directory?
• * CheckInstall

  $ sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get install checkinstall -y
  

• MHMDhub/Install Git from source
• How To Install Git from Source on Ubuntu 20.04 [Quickstart]
• #1053: Adjusting the documentation - 1.5 installing git - getopt package

• dependencies

  [!NOTE|label:references:]

  • * iMarslo : linux troubleshooting
  • 1.5 Per Iniziare - Installing Git
  • Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL)
  • osx
    • * tools-scripts/build-darwin
    • Install Git on Mac OS X
    • git-install.sh
    • git-install.bash
    • Install git from source on OS X
    • compile-git-debian10
    • NO_GETTEXT=true
    • How should I resolve a "ld: library not found for -liconv" error when running "cargo build"?

  • git-core

    # debian
    $ sudo apt install -y dh-autoreconf libexpat1-dev gettext libz-dev libssl-dev
    $ sudo apt install -y libcurl4-openssl-dev
    $ sudo apt install -y libcurl4-gnutls-dev
    
    # centos/rhel
    $ sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools
    $ sudo dnf install epel-release epel-next-release
    $ sudo dnf install -y dh-autoreconf libcurl-devel curl-devel expat-devel gettext-devel openssl-devel perl-devel zlib-devel
    
    # osx
    $ brew install gcc autoconf automake openssl@3 expat gettext zlib libtool libiconv ncurses
    $ brew install perl
    $ sudo PERL_MM_OPT="INSTALL_BASE=$HOME/perl5" cpan local::lib
    $ eval "$(sudo perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib=$HOME/perl5)"
    

  • git-doc

    # debian
    $ sudo apt install -y asciidoc xmlto docbook2x hunspell libhunspell-dev
    
    # centos/rhel
    $ sudo dnf install -y asciidoc xmlto docbook2X docbook-style-xsl
    # or
    $ sudo dnf install -y --enablerepo=*epel* docbook2X
    $ sudo ln -s /usr/bin/db2x_docbook2texi /usr/bin/docbook2x-texi
    
    # osx
    $ brew install asciidoc xmlto docbook2x docbook-xsl hunspell
    $ ln -sf /usr/local/bin/docbook2texi /usr/local/bin/docbook2x-texi
    

  • git-info

    # debian
    $ sudo apt install -y install-info
    
    # centos/rhel
    $ sudo dnf install -y util-linux
    # deprecated
    $ sudo dnf install -y getopt
    
    # osx
    $ brew install gnu-getopt
    

  • others

    # audio output
    $ apt install libao-dev
    
    # centos
    $ sudo dnf install -y libao libao-devel
    
    # osx
    $ brew install libao
    

• install

  [!NOTE|label:release package:]

  • git-for-windows
  • git
  • /pub/software/scm/git/
  • * iMarslo : linux troubleshooting
  • A1.4 Appendix A: Git in Other Environments - Git in Bash
  • A1.6 Appendix A: Git in Other Environments - Git in Powershell
  • How to make bash as default shell in git alias?

  $ curl -fsSL https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.42.0.tar.gz |
         tar -zxf -C ${iRCHOME}/utils/git &&
    cd ${iRCHOME}/utils/git
  
  $ make configure
  $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --with-shell=/usr/local/bin/bash
  $ make -j all doc info
  $ sudo make install install-doc install-html install-info
  
  # additional
  $ chmod +x ${iRCHOME}/utils/git/contrib/completion/*
  $ sudo ln -sf ${iRCHOME}/utils/git/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh       /usr/local/libexec/git-core/git-prompt.sh
  $ sudo ln -sf ${iRCHOME}/utils/git/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/git
  # or
  $ sudo ln -sf ${iRCHOME}/utils/git/contrib/completion/*                   /usr/share/doc/git/contrib/completion/
  $ sudo ln -sf ${iRCHOME}/utils/git/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/git
  

  • result

    # git-for-windows
    $ git --version
    git version 2.42.0.windows.2.5.g49aad3ca52
    
    # git
    $ git --version
    git version 2.42.0.325.g3a06386e31
    

  • pacakges:

    [!TIP|label:check apt package bin path without install:]

    $ sudo apt-file list git
    

    • bins : /usr/local/bin
    • git-core : /usr/local/libexec/git-core or $ git --exec-path
    • diff-highlight : /usr/share/doc/git/contrib/diff-highlight/diff-highlight
    • git-prompt.sh : /usr/local/libexec/git-core/git-prompt.sh
    • git-completion : /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/git
    • git-info : /usr/local/share/info
  bins details

  bindir=$(cd '/usr/local/bin' && pwd) && \
  execdir=$(cd '/usr/local/libexec/git-core' && pwd) && \
  destdir_from_execdir_SQ=$(echo 'libexec/git-core' | sed -e 's|[^/][^/]*|..|g') && \
  { test "$bindir/" = "$execdir/" || \
    for p in git scalar git-shell git-cvsserver; do \
          rm -f "$execdir/$p" && \
          test -n "" && \
          ln -s "$destdir_from_execdir_SQ/bin/$p" "$execdir/$p" || \
          { test -z "" && \
            ln "$bindir/$p" "$execdir/$p" 2>/dev/null || \
            cp "$bindir/$p" "$execdir/$p" || exit; } \
    done; \
  } && \
  for p in git-receive-pack git-upload-archive git-upload-pack; do \
          rm -f "$bindir/$p" && \
          test -n "" && \
          ln -s "git" "$bindir/$p" || \
          { test -z "" && \
            ln "$bindir/git" "$bindir/$p" 2>/dev/null || \
            ln -s "git" "$bindir/$p" 2>/dev/null || \
            cp "$bindir/git" "$bindir/$p" || exit; }; \
  done && \
  for p in git-add git-am git-annotate git-apply git-archive git-bisect git-blame git-branch git-bugreport git-bundle git-cat-file git-check-attr git-check-ignore git-check-mailmap git-check-ref-format git-checkout--worker git-checkout-index git-checkout git-clean git-clone git-column git-commit-graph git-commit-tree git-commit git-config git-count-objects git-credential-cache--daemon git-credential-cache git-credential-store git-credential git-describe git-diagnose git-diff-files git-diff-index git-diff-tree git-diff git-difftool git-fast-export git-fast-import git-fetch-pack git-fetch git-fmt-merge-msg git-for-each-ref git-for-each-repo git-fsck git-fsmonitor--daemon git-gc git-get-tar-commit-id git-grep git-hash-object git-help git-hook git-index-pack git-init-db git-interpret-trailers git-log git-ls-files git-ls-remote git-ls-tree git-mailinfo git-mailsplit git-merge-base git-merge-file git-merge-index git-merge-ours git-merge-recursive git-merge-tree git-merge git-mktag git-mktree git-multi-pack-index git-mv git-name-rev git-notes git-pack-objects git-pack-redundant git-pack-refs git-patch-id git-prune-packed git-prune git-pull git-push git-range-diff git-read-tree git-rebase git-receive-pack git-reflog git-remote-ext git-remote-fd git-remote git-repack git-replace git-rerere git-reset git-rev-list git-rev-parse git-revert git-rm git-send-pack git-shortlog git-show-branch git-show-index git-show-ref git-sparse-checkout git-stash git-stripspace git-submodule--helper git-symbolic-ref git-tag git-unpack-file git-unpack-objects git-update-index git-update-ref git-update-server-info git-upload-archive git-upload-pack git-var git-verify-commit git-verify-pack git-verify-tag git-worktree git-write-tree git-cherry git-cherry-pick git-format-patch git-fsck-objects git-init git-maintenance git-merge-subtree git-restore git-show git-stage git-status git-switch git-version git-whatchanged; do \
          rm -f "$execdir/$p" && \
          if test -z ""; \
          then \
                  test -n "" && \
                  ln -s "$destdir_from_execdir_SQ/bin/git" "$execdir/$p" || \
                  { test -z "" && \
                    ln "$execdir/git" "$execdir/$p" 2>/dev/null || \
                    ln -s "git" "$execdir/$p" 2>/dev/null || \
                    cp "$execdir/git" "$execdir/$p" || exit; }; \
          fi \
  done && \
  remote_curl_aliases="git-remote-https git-remote-ftp git-remote-ftps" && \
  for p in $remote_curl_aliases; do \
          rm -f "$execdir/$p" && \
          test -n "" && \
          ln -s "git-remote-http" "$execdir/$p" || \
          { test -z "" && \
            ln "$execdir/git-remote-http" "$execdir/$p" 2>/dev/null || \
            ln -s "git-remote-http" "$execdir/$p" 2>/dev/null || \
            cp "$execdir/git-remote-http" "$execdir/$p" || exit; } \
  done
  install -d -m 755 '/usr/local/share/man/man3'
  (cd perl/build/man/man3 && tar cf - .) | \
  (cd '/usr/local/share/man/man3' && umask 022 && tar xof -)
  

location

[!NOTE|label:locations]

• Where system, global and local Git config files on Windows and Ubuntu Linux are
• Where do the settings in my Git configuration come from?
• git on Windows - location of configuration files

get locations

• windows

    > git config --list --show-origin --name-only | sed -r 's/^file:(.+)\s+.*$/\1/g' | sort.exe /unique
    REM or
    > git config --list --show-origin --name-only | sed -r 's/^file:(.+)\s+.*$/\1/g' | powershell -nop "$input | sort -unique"
    REM or
    > git config --list --show-origin --name-only | sed -r 's/^file:(.+)\s+.*$/\1/g' | powershell -nop "$input | Sort-Object -unique"
    .git/config
    C:/Users/marslo/.gitconfig
    C:/Users/marslo/AppData/Local/Programs/Git/etc/gitconfig
  

• osx

  $ git config --list --show-origin --name-only | awk -F'[:[:blank:]]' '{print $2}' | sort -u
  .git/config
  /Users/marslo/.gitconfig
  /Users/marslo/.marslo/.gitalias
  /usr/local/etc/gitconfig
  

• edit config file

  $ git config --edit --system
  $ git config --edit --global
  
  # or
  $ sudo git -c core.editor=ls\ -al config --system --edit
  

list

• list all with scope

  $ git config --list --show-scope
  system  credential.helper=osxkeychain
  system  core.ignorecase=false
  system  filter.lfs.clean=git-lfs clean -- %f
  

• list origin

  $ git config --list --show-origin --show-scope
  system  file:/usr/local/etc/gitconfig credential.helper=osxkeychain
  system  file:/usr/local/etc/gitconfig core.ignorecase=false
  system  file:/usr/local/etc/gitconfig filter.lfs.clean=git-lfs clean -- %f
  

• list single scope only

  • list local only

    $ git config --list --local
    core.repositoryformatversion=0
    core.filemode=true
    core.bare=false
    

  • list global

    $ git config --list --global
    user.name=marslo
    user.email=marslo@gmail.com
    push.default=matching
    

  • list system

    $ git config --list --system
    credential.helper=osxkeychain
    core.ignorecase=false
    filter.lfs.clean=git-lfs clean -- %f
    filter.lfs.smudge=git-lfs smudge -- %f
    filter.lfs.process=git-lfs filter-process
    filter.lfs.required=true
    

get from all configure

$ git config --show-origin --show-scope --get-all user.name
global   file:/Users/marslo/.gitconfig   marslo
local    file:.git/config    marslo

default configuration

• core.editor

  • use vim ( the ubiqutos text editor ) as Git's default editor

    $ git config --get core.editor
    vim
    

  

• init.defaultBranch

  • override the default branch name for new repositories

    $ git config --get init.defaultBranch
    development
    

  

• core.autocrlf

  [!TIP|label:see also:]

  • * iMarslo : core.autocrlf

  • checkout windows-style, commit unix-style line endings

    $ git config --get core.autocrlf
    true
    

  • checkout as-is, commit unix-style line endings

    $ git config --get core.autocrlf
    input
    

  • checkout as-is, commit as-is

    $ git config --get core.autocrlf
    false
    

  

• pull.rebase

  $ git config --get pull.rebase
  true
  

  

• core.fscache & core.symlinks

  • enable file system caching

    $ git config --get core.fscache
    true
    

  • enable symbolic links

    $ git config --get core.symlinks
    true
    

  

• core.fsmonitor

  • enable experimental built-in file system monitor

    $ git config --get core.fsmonitor
    true
    

  

tig

[!NOTE|label:references:]

• How to fix "fatal error: ncursesw/ncurses.h: No such file or directory"
• tig : Installation instructions
• Tig - cheat sheet

# ubuntu
$ sudo apt-get install libncursesw5-dev
# centos/rhel
$ sudo yum install ncurses-devel

$ git clone git@github.com:jonas/tig.git ${iRCHOME}/utils/ && cd !$/tig
$ make -j prefix=/usr/local
$ sudo make install prefix=/usr/local

$ /usr/local/bin/tig --version
tig version 2.5.8-5-g1894954
ncursesw version 6.3.20211021

install from source

$ git clone git@github.com:jonas/tig.git && cd tig

$ make
# or
$ make prefix=/usr/local

$ make install
# or
$ sudo make install prefix=/usr/local

$ sudo make install-doc
   INSTALL  doc/tig.1 -> /root/share/man/man1
   INSTALL  doc/tigrc.5 -> /root/share/man/man5
   INSTALL  doc/tigmanual.7 -> /root/share/man/man7
   INSTALL  doc/tig.1.html -> /root/share/doc/tig
   INSTALL  doc/tigrc.5.html -> /root/share/doc/tig
   INSTALL  doc/manual.html -> /root/share/doc/tig
   INSTALL  README.html -> /root/share/doc/tig
   INSTALL  INSTALL.html -> /root/share/doc/tig
   INSTALL  NEWS.html -> /root/share/doc/tig

# or
$ [sudo] make install-release-doc
GIT_INDEX_FILE=.tmp-doc-index git read-tree origin/release
GIT_INDEX_FILE=.tmp-doc-index git checkout-index -f --prefix=./ doc/tig.1 doc/tigrc.5 doc/tigmanual.7
rm -f .tmp-doc-index
make install-doc-man
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/marslo/iMarslo/tools/git/tools/tig'
   INSTALL  doc/tig.1 -> /home/marslo/share/man/man1
   INSTALL  doc/tigrc.5 -> /home/marslo/share/man/man5
   INSTALL  doc/tigmanual.7 -> /home/marslo/share/man/man7
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/marslo/iMarslo/tools/git/tools/tig'
GIT_INDEX_FILE=.tmp-doc-index git read-tree origin/release
GIT_INDEX_FILE=.tmp-doc-index git checkout-index -f --prefix=./ doc/tig.1.html doc/tigrc.5.html doc/manual.html README.html INSTALL.html NEWS.html
rm -f .tmp-doc-index
make install-doc-html
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/marslo/iMarslo/tools/git/tools/tig'
       GEN  doc/manual.toc
  ASCIIDOC  doc/manual.html
   INSTALL  doc/tig.1.html -> /home/marslo/share/doc/tig
   INSTALL  doc/tigrc.5.html -> /home/marslo/share/doc/tig
   INSTALL  doc/manual.html -> /home/marslo/share/doc/tig
   INSTALL  README.html -> /home/marslo/share/doc/tig
   INSTALL  INSTALL.html -> /home/marslo/share/doc/tig
   INSTALL  NEWS.html -> /home/marslo/share/doc/tig
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/marslo/iMarslo/tools/git/tools/tig'

• result

  $ which -a tig
  /usr/local/bin/tig
  
  $ tig --version
  tig version 2.5.8-17-ge543cfe
  ncursesw version 6.1.20180224
  

troubleshooting

[!TIP]

• * iMarslo : devenv troubleshooting

ld: archive member '/' not a mach-o file

[!NOTE]

• Clang archive or linking issue. Xcode 15.0.1
• build and install git from source on macOS: "ld: multiple errors: archive member '/' not a mach-o file"

• xCode

  $ xcodebuild -version
  Xcode 15.0
  Build version 15A240d
  $ pkgutil --pkg-info=com.apple.pkg.CLTools_Executables | grep version
  version: 15.1.0.0.1.1700200546
  
  # after upgraded
  $ xcodebuild -version
  Xcode 15.2
  Build version 15C500b
  $ pkgutil --pkg-info=com.apple.pkg.CLTools_Executables | grep version
  version: 15.1.0.0.1.1700200546