Hi all, @Brian - thanks for your quick email. I will use Homebrew this time. @Jeff - thanks for your attention. Stay home, stay safe! Cheers! > On 25 Mar 2020, at 06:34, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 12:12:58AM +0000, brian m. carlson wrote: > >> The Mac and Windows builds linked to from the website are provided by >> third parties. The Git project itself only provides source releases. >> While the Windows builds are usually released around the same time as >> the main source releases, the Mac builds sometimes take longer, since >> they're done by a volunteer. >> >> If you're interested in the latest release, I recommend trying Homebrew, >> as they tend to be a little more up to date. > > I think the web page could do a much better job of making this clear: > > - mentioning homebrew and possibly other sources on the /download/mac > page > > - make it clear that the binary builds are provided by a 3rd party; > they may lag official releases (and are not themselves official; I've > never heard any complaints about them differing in behavior from what > Git devs would expect, but I don't think anybody from this list is > really actively paying attention to them either). > > Patches welcome (we take PRs at https://github.com/git/git-scm.com). > > -Peff
