Note that there are a couple of versions of the git-flow script floating around. The AVH version (https://github.com/petervanderdoes/gitflow/) is newer preferred over https://github.com/nvie/gitflow.

1.8.0 (AVH Edition)

Linux:

1. Append /usr/local/bin to $PATH in .bashrc
2. Download and execute gitflow-installer.sh

wget --no-check-certificate -q https://raw.github.com/petervanderdoes/gitflow/develop/contrib/gitflow-installer.sh
chmod +x gitflow-installer.sh
sudo ./gitflow-installer.sh install stable

Mac OS X:

brew install git-flow-avh

Windows:

1. Update cygwin and make sure latest version of git is installed.
2. Download and execute gitflow-installer.sh

wget -nd -nv --no-check-certificate -q https://raw.github.com/petervanderdoes/gitflow/develop/contrib/gitflow-installer.sh
chmod +x gitflow-installer.sh
./gitflow-installer.sh install stable

Reinitializing

Note: git flow init adds the following lines to the .git/config file in your local repo:

[gitflow "branch"]

If you need to redo the git flow init, simply execute:

git flow init -f

Uninstalling

Mac OS X:

brew unlink git-flow

Linux:

sudo yum erase gitflow

Reference:

• https://github.com/nvie/gitflow/wiki/Installation
• http://danielkummer.github.io/git-flow-cheatsheet/
• https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/comparing-workflows/feature-branch-workflow/