title: How to get started with Git on Mac
body: <p>I installed Git on my Mac but I do not know how to run it or access it. From the terminal I type git but it says "command is invalid." </p>
  
  <p>I downloaded git from <a href="http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/downloads/list?can=3">http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/downloads/list?can=3</a>
  and I downloaded the package "Git Installer 1.7.3.5 - OS X - Leopard - x86_64."</p>
  
  <h3>UPDATE 1:</h3>
  
  <p>The content of the package is the following:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>README.txt</li>
  <li>git-1.7.3.5-x86_64-leopard.pkg</li>
  <li>setup git PATH for non-terminal programs.sh</li>
  <li>uninstall.sh</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>When I execute "setup git PATH for non-terminal programs.sh," I get the following messages:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>No change to PATH in ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist<br>
        ~ /Volumes/Git 1.7.3.5 x86_64 Leopard
        /Volumes/Git 1.7.3.5 x86_64 Leopard
        -MacBook-Pro:Git 1.7.3.5 x86_64 Leopard$ $PATH
        -bash: /usr/local/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/libexec: No such file or directory</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <h3>UPDATE 2:</h3>
  
  <p>The content of my profile file is the following one: </p>
  
  <pre><code># System-wide .profile for sh(1)
  
  if [ -x /usr/libexec/path_helper ]; then
      eval `/usr/libexec/path_helper -s`
  fi
  
  if [ "${BASH-no}" != "no" ]; then
      [ -r /etc/bashrc ] &amp;&amp; . /etc/bashrc
  fi
  </code></pre>