Why is git looking in the wrong directory for the git installation? (OS X)

Question

I am new to OS X and cannot find anywhere how to fix this. I installed git but the installation was messed up and I had to remove it. I installed it using the latest git dmg file but whenever I type in

git

I get

-bash: /usr/bin/git: No such file or directory

That is because git is not installed in that directory and instead in /usr/local/bin/git

If I type in the entire path to the directory than I get the correct output.

So what did I do wrong and how do I fix it? Thanks.

Answer 1

I know this is over a year old but just for anyone who experiences this issue:

I had a similar issue after renaming the OS X provided git client and installing using Homebrew. I found the issue was due to the current terminal session. The OP has the correct paths so I wouldn't recommend editing the /etc/paths file.

If after running which -a git you see /usr/local/bin/git everything should be correctly configured, open a new terminal and you should be able to run git with no errors.

Running which git should now output /usr/local/bin/git.

Answer 2

It's not in your $PATH. It's installed in /usr/local/bin/git but your path only has

/usr/local/git/bin. Fixing the path should work.