Why is Git in Xcode on macOS?

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2 years ago

On a new macOS machine, you are basically tricked into installing git along with Xcode [1]. If you do so, you have to download an 8GB package, even if you only want git (which is my case and I can’t be the only one).

To make it even worse: on every system update git becomes unavailable, You have to accept your Xcode license to start using it again.

Is it me or it’s a terrible design? That’s super inconvenient, takes so much extra resource, and it's not even a one-time operation. And again, I couldn’t care less about Xcode, I just want my git.

What are the benefits of having within Xcode? I feel that if there are benefits, end-users aren’t the beneficiaries but Apple devs, which would be sad.

[1] https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/672087?answerId=659036022#659036022

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