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Do you still have to wait for all 12 gigs of xcode to download and extract, then agrees to terms before you can use git?

• easton 5y ago
  "xcode-select --install" grabs only the command line utilities included with Xcode (git, swift, clang, python3.8, etc), and it's only 400MB on my machine. That command has been there for a while, since Leopard or so, and Homebrew prompts you to run it before you continue with installing brew.
  • TomatoTomato 5y ago
    Just typing `git` works too
  • pkulak 5y ago
    Macports still says to download xcode in full first: https://guide.macports.org/#installing.xcode https://guide.macports.org/#installing.xcode Any idea why that is? Is it out of date?
    • saagarjha 5y ago
      It’s not required, unless you decide to install something that needs it. Most packages don’t need it at all these days.