How to open the git terminal on mac?

I've installed git in /usr/local on my mac from http://git-scm.com/download/mac but I'm confused about how to open the terminal.


I strongly recommend you use Homebrew to install git.

  1. install Homebrew
    ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
  2. install git last stable version.
    brew install git

  3. open system terminal (the Mac OS build-in terminal)

  4. run git --version, You will see It!

About Homebrew.


Bash is shell. In mac you already got Bash but in windows you get Bash when you install git. So in mac you will use terminal for your git, but in windows you get separate git terminal. I think that's why you are confused.

when you type

git --version

if u see it is already installed so you are ready to use the git in your terminal