I can't run `git gui` on macOs Big Sur

Question

When I run git gui on Mac Big Sur . This is what happen :

Mac OS X 10.100 or later required !
error: git-gui died of signal 6

I also install xcode 12 beta 3 and xcodebuild -version stays Xcode 11.6 .

How can I solve those problems ?

If one of these answers helped or is correct, can you mark it as such? — Tyler A., Jan 17 '21 at 16:50

Tyler A. · Answer 1 · 2021-01-02T22:37:15.613

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A variety of things I had to do to fix this:

Update tcl (not sure if this was required for git gui, but it was necessary for gitk):

 brew install tcl

Install git-gui directly:

brew install git-gui

Ensure macOS is using the correct git (assuming here that you have already installed a version from this decade):

export PATH="/usr/local/bin:${PATH}"

edited Jan 02 '21 at 22:37

answered Dec 25 '20 at 17:11

Tyler A.

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May you explain about the latest command? I'm not familiar with it that much. – Ashkan Dec 26 '20 at 11:43
It depends a bit on your environment, but the point is, to make sure when you run `git version`, that you are running the version you are expecting to run / most recent available. If you are not, then you'll want to go back to installing git and follow those instructions (which will explain the last command). – Tyler A. Dec 27 '20 at 17:41
``macOS 11 or later required ! error: git-gui died of signal 6`` works for big sur ``Solved it by running brew install tcl`` – Rahil Lakhani Dec 28 '20 at 16:25
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Unfortunately, this fix didn't work for me. `git version` gives me 2.16.12 but `git gui` still crashes. – Ken Shirriff Jan 02 '21 at 08:00
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Thank you @TylerA. `brew upgrade git` installed git 2.30.0 and fixed the issue. (The issue was the `error: git-gui died of signal 6` crash described in the question. Yes, this was a crash complete with stack trace and Crash Reporter Dialog.) – Ken Shirriff Jan 02 '21 at 22:28

Ashkan · Answer 2 · 2021-02-12T13:08:05.363

It's working again on macOS Big Sur 11.2 (20D64)

Just need to update your OS

Update: After a while, the issue happened again even after I update my macOS to 11.2.1 (20D74). But with a different message who said there is an unmatched exception "NSInternalInconsistencyException".

 *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'Invalid parameter not satisfying: CGRectContainsRect(CGRectMake((CGFloat)INT_MIN, (CGFloat)INT_MIN, (CGFloat)INT_MAX - (CGFloat)INT_MIN, (CGFloat)INT_MAX - (CGFloat)INT_MIN), frame)'

I fix it with:

git config --local --unset gui.geometry

that mentioned in this answer

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 13 '20 at 10:05

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I had a similar problem after the update, so I ran

brew install git

as a temporary solution.

answered Nov 13 '20 at 10:05

Patrik Somodi

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Soufiane Moussaid · Answer 4 · 2020-11-15T13:37:13.867

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Run the following command in Terminal: defaults write com.apple.dt.Xcode DVTDisableMainThreadChecker 1

edited Nov 15 '20 at 13:37

answered Nov 15 '20 at 02:23

Soufiane Moussaid

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score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 04 '21 at 22:15

I have the same problem and I have tried to fix it and finally, it works for me with these steps.

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Make sure you have installed the last version of git

brew upgrade git

and after this, you may need to link the new version of git

brew link git

the last step update and link git-gui at this step I install git-gui from this command

brew install git-gui

then link it with this command

brew link git-gui

I can't run `git gui` on macOs Big Sur

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