In light of git having a security vulnerability it is time to update git. This gist will do just that if you're running on a mac and prefer to use the default git installation.

gistfile1.txt

cd /tmp
 
curl -o git-2.2.1.tar.gz "https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.2.1.tar.gz"
curl -o git-2.2.1.tar.sign "https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.2.1.tar.sign"
 
# if you want to verify the tar signature
gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 6092693E
gunzip git-2.2.1.tar.gz
gpg --verify git-2.2.1.tar.sign
# look for "Good signature"
# you may get "WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!" - this is ok
tar xfv git-2.2.1.tar
 
# if you skipped gpg verification
tar zxvf git-2.2.1.tar.gz 
 
cd git-2.2.1
 
./configure 
make
sudo make install
# this should install git at /usr/local/bin/git
 
# if your `which git` is different, you might have to re-soft-link this path to the new installation
 
 
# in my case, i had to re-soft-link /usr/bin/git
sudo mv /usr/bin/git /usr/bin/git-old
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/git /usr/bin/git
git --version
# > git version 2.2.1

This is identical to @jazzychad's original except it moves the old git binary to git-old instead of flat out deleting it.

After running the script be sure to run git --version to verify that version 2.2.1 was installed.

Thanks! Worked like a charm 🤘