On: Git? tig

[raimue]

But you risk the installation messing with your data and home directory. MacPorts uses sudo because it drops privileges to a specific 'macports' user for the build process and applies sandboxing. Therefore, the execution of Makefile rules and other build scripts cannot harm your data.

[Myrmornis → raimue]

Ah, thanks, I didn't know that. That does sound better.