I can't uninstall Git

Question

I tried to update my git version on Mac OS X 10.7, but it doesn't change the version. It's still on 2.0.

If I run,

rm -rf /usr/local/git
rm /etc/paths.d/git
rm /etc/manpaths.d/git

the new version gets uninstalled, but the old one is still there (git is still a valid command).

How can I find the directory where this "ghost" version is installed?

Answer 1

To see where git is installed:

which git

See for instance those guides:

• "Beginner's Setup Guide for Git & Github on Mac OS X"
• "Install and Update to latest version Git on Mac OSX 10.10 Yosemite"

The location usually is:

/usr/local/git/bin/git

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As mentioned in "Can't seem to uninstall git":

/opt/local/bin is the location of software installed by macports, so you'll want to run this:

sudo port uninstall git

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If you see /usr/local/bin/git, that is likely a brew installation: see "Can't use homebrew installed git":

brew uninstall git
# make sure everything is alright, maybe brew will give you some hint
brew doctor
brew update  
brew install git
# magic happen, brew will give you hint /usr/bin occurs before /usr/local/bin
# and recommend you run following command
brew doctor
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile