Install gitk on Mac

Question

Correct, the 1.7.12.4 (Apple Git-37) does not come with gitk. You can install a more recent version of git + git-ui as a separate formula by using brew. More thorough instructions located here: http://www.moncefbelyamani.com/how-to-install-xcode-homebrew-git-rvm-ruby-on-mac/ (see this commit extracting git-gui/gitk into its own formula: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/commit/dfa3ccf1e7d3901e371b5140b935839ba9d8b706)

Run the following commands at the terminal:

brew update
brew install git
brew install git-gui

If you get an error indicating it could not link git, then you may need to change permissions/owners of the files it mentions.

Once completed, run:

type -a git

And make sure it shows:

/usr/local/bin/git

If it does not, run:

brew doctor

And make the path change to put /usr/local/bin earlier in the path. Now, gitk should be on your path (along with an updated version of git).

Git Mac version comes without gitk but if you do brew install git you get instant access to gitk.

I'm using MAC sierra 10.12.5

Edit: This doesn´t work anymore, you must install brew install git-gui

I just had the same problem and solved it as follows:

1. Download the official git package for Mac from http://git-scm.com/download/mac
2. Install the package. This places all the binaries in /usr/local/git/bin.
3. Optionally run the included script to make gitk accessible outside of terminals
4. Either add /usr/local/git/bin to your PATH or use an alias (alias gitk='/usr/local/git/bin/gitk')

If you already have git installed via homebrew, you can just do upgrade:

$ type -a git
/usr/bin/git
$ brew upgrade git
$ type -a git
/usr/local/bin/git

The one at local/bin will have gitk

I had the same issue. I installed gitx instead.

You can install gitx from here.

http://rowanj.github.io/gitx/

Download the package and install it. After that open the gitk from spotlight search, goto the top left corner. Click on GitX and enable the terminal usage.

Goto your repo and simply type:

$ gitx --all

It will open the Gui.

User manual: http://gitx.frim.nl/user_manual.html