install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install gitslave

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install gitslave

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · gitslave · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Create group of related repos with one as superproject

Project links

Commands and aliases

gits

history

Project history and usage

Gitslave is a Git-era multi-repository management tool built around a `gits` wrapper command. It organizes a superproject and related slave repositories so common Git operations can be applied across the group.

Project history

The official site and man page describe Gitslave as a response to the limitations of Git submodules for projects that need active development across several repositories. Release notes show a 2.0 release in March 2011 and a 2.0.2 release in January 2012, with features such as recursive subprojects, tutorial documentation, reference clone support, and limited Windows support.

Adoption history

Gitslave's own documentation says it was used for mid-sized product development with many slave repositories, branches, tags, and developers, as well as for smaller personal setups that kept related editor configuration repositories in sync. Its niche was teams that wanted a CVS- or SVN-like multi-directory workflow while retaining separate Git repositories.

How it is used

Practitioners create or clone a superproject, run setup commands such as `gits prepare`, attach related repositories, and then use `gits` for operations such as clone, populate, branch, commit, push, pull, merge, tag, checkout, status, and log. The `.gitslave` file records repository relationships for the superproject.

Why package nerds care

For package history, Gitslave is a useful artifact from the period when Git users were experimenting with alternatives to submodules, repo-style workflows, monorepos, and multi-SCM tools such as mr. It shows how package ecosystems captured local workflow tools that were important to a specific development style even without becoming mainstream Git features.

Timeline

2011: Gitslave 2.0 released with recursive subprojects and tutorial documentation.
2011: Gitslave 2.0.1 added broader Git resource locator handling and pager support.
2012: Gitslave 2.0.2 added reference-clone support and documented limited Windows use.

Related projects

Gitslave is related to Git submodules, Google's repo tool, monorepo and subtree workflows, and mr for managing multiple repositories.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: .gitslave

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`gits`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-04

manager version2.0.2

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://gitslave.sourceforge.net/

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://gitslave.sourceforge.net/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:gitslave
Version	2.0.2
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gitslave
Homepage	https://gitslave.sourceforge.net/
Upstream docs	https://gitslave.sourceforge.net/
License	LGPL-2.1-only
Source archive	https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/gitslave/gitslave-2.0.2.tar.gz
Uses from macOS	perl
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	gitslave
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

zypper95%

gitslave 2.0.2-10.7

Creates a group of related repositories

http://gitslave.sourceforge.net

sudo zypper install gitslave

License: SUSE-Gitslave
Category: Development/Tools/Version Control
Architecture: noarch
Source Package: gitslave
3 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Gitslave

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gitslave from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

zypper95%

gitslave-doc 2.0.2-10.7

Documentation for gitslave

http://gitslave.sourceforge.net

sudo zypper install gitslave-doc

License: SUSE-Gitslave
Category: Development/Tools/Version Control
Architecture: noarch
Source Package: gitslave
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Gitslave

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gitslave-doc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/gitslave.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

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