

As I mentioned above the git tool (and svn too) are contained inside the Xcode.app bundle from where they are used by Xcode whenever you interact with repositories. It mentions two commands that will help us to live without it. Have you ever read the description on the download window?Įven even tells you here, “Before installing, note …” that you don’t need this. Now if you update Xcode.app via the app store then the copies of these tools remain their current versions. All these tools (and many additional ones) are already included in Xcode.app as they are remote-controlled from Xcode when you build apps. The installer copies these files all over the place.

When you download and install the “Command Line Tools” they integrate with your Unix file system structure the same way a compiler and header files would.
