It looks like was addressed here (https://github.com/carpentries/workshop-template/pull/574) a while back, but that's no longer reflected in the lesson install instructions as far as I can tell. It's not clear to me where / how this changed and if it was intentional.
Thanks for taking the time to put in an issue @kafitzgerald! I agree that these instructions need to be updated. I'll add this to my next agenda with @tobyhodges to work together on.
I noticed the macOS git installation instructions seem to be a bit stale and recommend installing from a now "abandoned" project on sourceforge:
It looks like was addressed here (https://github.com/carpentries/workshop-template/pull/574) a while back, but that's no longer reflected in the lesson install instructions as far as I can tell. It's not clear to me where / how this changed and if it was intentional.
Thanks for your work on these great resources!
Happy to help (or try to) how I can.