Question

I need to run a git client on an OS X 10.6.6 machine to which I don’t have admin rights.

Now unfortunately, the installer from http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/ has no option for a local install, so it just doesn’t work without having an admin account.

What is the fastest / easiest way to install git, e.g. in ~/bin ?

Note: While I can download zip archives from GitHub (from which my projects come), I need to be able to quickly pull new commits, so this is not an option.

Fink has no binary for OS X 10.6, and the MacPorts installer doesn’t work either without admin rights.

Answer 1

Download Git source code and compile.

./configure --prefix=$HOME/local
make
make install

Edit .bashrc or whatever to change PATH.

PATH=$HOME/local/bin:$PATH