Git doesn't work on MacOS Catalina: "xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing"

Question

After upgrading to MacOS X 10.15 Catalina, I cannot run any git commands in my shell:

The default interactive shell is now zsh.

To update your account to use zsh, please run chsh -s /bin/zsh.

For more details, please visit https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208050.

~ | git

xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun

I thought there's a problem with my shell, so I followed the instructions to change the default Mac OS shell back to bash, using the GUI and also using the command line:

chsh -s /bin/bash

I also restarted the computer. However, I still see the same message, even though echo "$SHELL" outputs /bin/bash.

Solution

You'll need to reinstall the command line tools:

$ xcode-select --install

Comments

[trojanfoe]

What has the shell got to do with anything? This looks like an issue with the Xcode command line tools.

[The Onin]

Answered at apple.stackexchange.com/questions/254380/…

[Admin]

It worked! Also add export BASH_SILENCE_DEPRECATION_WARNING=1 to your ~/.bash_profile file to get rid of the annoying message.

[idmean]

Learn this command by heart. It is almost always the answer to development issues after upgrading macOS.

[Mendel]

xcode-select --reset was the solution for my device.

[David Hladky]

sudo xcode-select --reset worked. However it additionally required to agree to terms and conditions. The command was: sudo xcodebuild -license

[vhs]

It may be possible to dodge the license agreement by running xcodebuild -runFirstLaunch instead of the provided command.

[ryanpcmcquen]

You can also run sudo xcodebuild -license accept to accept it without a prompt.

[The Vojtisek]

if it writes xcode-select command not found or something like that, just reboot after the OS upgrade and try run the xcode-select --install again.

[Abhishek Aggarwal]

sudo xcode-select --reset worked for me without any hassle.

[Vikram K]

sudo xcode-select --reset worked for me.

[Guna]

The install command said "Can't install the software because it is not currently available from the Software Update server". Any idea how to get pass this?

[Dragos Stanciu]

@Guna I manually downloaded and installed the CMD line tools from: developer.apple.com/download/more/?=command%20line%20tools I used the Xcode 12 version.

[JunaidFarooqui]

sudo xcode-select --reset works for me.