How can i make ZSH use the latest git version?

Question

I am using ZSH with oh-my-zsh on OS X.

Today I used hombrew to update to the latest version of git (1.8.something).

However, if I run

➜  ~  git --version
git version 1.7.10.2 (Apple Git-33)

I see that still an older version is used. On bash everything works fine and the latest version of git is called.

Since I am new to ZSH, any advice on how to set up ZSH to use the "new" git is appreciated!

Best,

Tobi

Answer 1

This means that your $PATH variable isn't set up to include the right git (and everything else homebrew installs).

Try doing echo $PATH from both bash and zsh. You should see at least one difference: the directory where you installed homebrew, probably /usr/local/bin. (It'll either not be in there, or be after /usr/bin, where the Apple-supplied binary lives.)

To fix it, add a line like

export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH

to your ~/.zshenv.

Answer 2

If the PATH modification didn't instantly work, you need to realize that with zsh you need to type "rehash" for zsh to recognize there are new executables in the path. Or just log out and back in.