[hbbwebw]

I don't think they do. https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git

Downloading the command line tools package is just a convenient way to get everything, which is why people recommend it.

[benrow]

I was in this position just recently where git suddenly stopped working, due to needing a complete update of xcode tools. Annoying blocker but OK, let's get it done.

But trying to download the xcode tools put me into a loop which wasn't completing for some reason. After several attempts waiting for it to download and install I gave up and created an alias 'git' which points to my brew install of git (in usr/local/bin I think).

This will bite me somehow very soon, I'm sure.

[dmitriid]

When you try to install git it forces you to install Command Line Tools for XCode (whatever the f that is) which can take an unknown time to download, force you to accept a license and breaks, and force you to reinstall them at least once a year (or randomly the next time they break something)

[prange]

Did you know that GCC take an unknown time to download, and forces you to accept a license?

I think it’s pretty common knowledge that Macs are sold as consumer machines that don’t include a full tool chain out of the box. Guess what - it’s free to download and sometimes it gets updates.

It’s hard to understand why you are making such a fuss about installing developer tools on a developer machine.

Sometimes I find I have to install gcc or clang or llvm on a Linux machine in order to install some other package. Why would I moan about this?