If you run bash -version, you’ll see that Catalina includes Bash 3.2.57 when Bash 5.0 is the latest version. Note that the version of Bash (Bourne Again SHell) included with macOS is still pretty outdated, however. Hold the Ctrl key, click your user account’s name in the left pane, and select “Advanced Options.”Ĭlick the “Login Shell” dropdown box and select “/bin/bash” to use Bash as your default shell or “/bin/zsh” to use Zsh as your default shell. While these steps to install and configure bash v5 on a single Mac are simple enough, they would not work well with a management system for hundreds or thousands of Macs. Click the lock icon and enter your password.
If this is your first time creating a repository on GitHub, checkout the related GitHub documentation for instructions on how to create a repository on GitHub. Head to System Preferences > Users & Groups on your Mac. Before going into steps on how to configure Git Bash and how to use it, you need to have a repository on GitHub. You can also change this option graphically from System Preferences if you prefer. It was released in 1989 and a wide number of Linux distributions uses it, so does. You can see a list of included shells you can select by running the following command: cat /etc/shells Bash logo source: Pinterest Bash was written by Brian Fox for the GNU Project, to replace the Bourne Shell. After you close the terminal window and reopen it, you’ll be using Zsh. Change the default shell back to Zsh by running this command: chsh -s /bin/zshĮnter your password when prompted.