Probably just the wording scaring you a bit. Git is simply a protocol for sharing code. Those who are programming org-mode can work together on all of the little files that make org-mode work. These files live on a server, and those of use who use org-mode "pull" (or clone) from that server. In this way, you can keep your version up to date with what the coders are doing.
You don't have to have anything running. There's a server that keeps all of the org-mode program living on it. We, the users, use "git" (a small program) to interact with that server and download a fresh copy.
Git is smart, though, and after the first long download, every time you run it afterwards, it only pulls down files that have changed so that it's much faster afterwards.
Sound good?
John
Ok I did the earlier steps, making the directory .elisp, cd .elisp and then typed out the command starting with git and it said command not found after; this after finding that git osx.dmg from your earlier message. Have I missed a step or need to further change anything before I make the directory? -Travis |