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gitk: command not found

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Environment: Mac OSX 10.10. When I was trying to use gitk, it shows:

Coda-2:~ Coda$ gitk -bash: gitk: command not found 

I think the reason is the old version of git. Here is some information, and I have already typed brew update.

Coda-2:~ Coda$ git --version git version 1.9.3 (Apple Git-50) Coda-2:~ Coda$ brew install git  Warning: git-2.4.0 already installed, it's just not linked 

What is this message: it's just not linked?

Furthermore, I check the path of git:

Coda-2:~ Coda$ which git /usr/bin/git 

It should be in /usr/bin/local/git? How to fix it?

UPDATE

I figure it out, thank @TimCastelijns.

brew doctor said:

Warning: You have unlinked kegs in your Cellar Leaving kegs unlinked can lead to build-trouble and cause brews that depend on those kegs to fail to run properly once built. Run `brew link` on these:      git 

So, I typed:

Coda-2:~ Coda$ brew link git Linking /usr/local/Cellar/git/2.4.0... 220 symlinks created 

Then I typed gitk, and it worked and the path changed to /usr/local/bin/git. However, when I want to check the version of git. It still showed the old version, why?

Coda-2:~ Coda$ git --version git version 1.9.3 (Apple Git-50) 
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Coda Chang Avatar asked May 12 '15 15:05

Coda Chang


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1 Answers

I just installed the latest version of git via homebrew on macos.

11:28 $ git --version git version 2.25.0 

It doesn't seem to have gitk and git gui so I noticed the answer for linux and tried to install the same package git-gui via homebrew and it worked.

brew install git-gui 

Found the bug here.

I'm running macos 10.14.5 Mojave.

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Clintm Avatar answered Sep 24 '22 15:09

Clintm