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Re:Remote code execution, git, and OS X by ascagnel_ on Monday April 18, 2016 @08:42AM (#11519431)
Installing homebrew is a hoop; in an ideal world, your OS vendor would provide a means for installing such packages safely (the Mac App Store would count if Apple cared about it).

This is also a bit weird since getting git installed on OSX in the first place requires it's own hoop: "buying" the free copy of XCode and installing it is required for the command line tools that homebrew relies on.

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Re:Remote code execution, git, and OS X by djrogers on Monday April 18, 2016 @09:34AM (#11519741)
"buying" the free copy of XCode and installing it is required for the command line tools that homebrew relies on.

No, you can simply download the command line tools that Apple provides free of charge - which the homebrew install script in fact does.

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