From 69bea5955697c45cef153d4e8cb7ea253b91e240 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brooklyn Nicholson <brooklyn.bb.nicholson@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2026 00:41:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(install): detect xcode-select git stub on fresh macOS

---
 scripts/install.sh | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index f0b016f8a58..8af1c14f0ec 100755
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -757,7 +757,8 @@ attempt_install_git() {
 check_git() {
     log_info "Checking Git..."
 
-    if command -v git &> /dev/null; then
+    # On fresh macOS /usr/bin/git is a stub that exits non-zero until CLT is installed.
+    if command -v git &> /dev/null && git --version &> /dev/null; then
         GIT_VERSION=$(git --version | awk '{print $3}')
         log_success "Git $GIT_VERSION found"
         return 0