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Installer bfg avec Homebrew, MacPorts, scoop

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de bfg pour les workflows d'agents IA.

installation

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires

macOS

Homebrewvérifié · 100%
brew install bfg

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsvérifié · 94%
sudo port install bfg

MacPorts ports tree · java/bfg/Portfile · Source: api.github.com

Windows

Scoopvérifié · 92%
scoop install main/bfg

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/bfg.json · Source: api.github.com

aperçu

Résumé du paquet

Remove large files or passwords from Git history like git-filter-branch

Commandes et alias

  • bfg

historique

Historique du projet et usages

BFG Repo-Cleaner is a Scala/JVM command-line tool for removing large files, passwords, credentials, and other unwanted blobs from Git history. Its official positioning is as a simpler and much faster alternative to git-filter-branch for cleansing bad data from repositories.

Historique du projet

The official GitHub repository was created in December 2012. BFG's README and project site center on two core repository-cleaning jobs: stripping large blobs and replacing sensitive text across history.

Release history shows BFG maturing through the 2010s, including Git LFS support in v1.12.5 in 2015, Java 8 and Scala 2.12 support in v1.13.0 in 2018, Scala 2.13 in v1.14.0 in 2021, and v1.15.0 in January 2025.

Historique d'adoption

BFG became widely known because git-filter-branch was powerful but slow and difficult to use for common cleanup jobs. BFG narrowed the problem to the operations teams most often needed after accidentally committing giant artifacts or secrets, then packaged that workflow as a standalone executable.

The input records Homebrew, MacPorts, and Scoop packaging, matching BFG's cross-platform appeal: it is a Java-based tool that can be used from macOS, Linux, or Windows when a Git repository needs emergency cleanup.

Modes d'utilisation

Typical usage is on a mirror clone or bare repository, with commands such as stripping blobs above a size threshold or replacing text listed in a file. After BFG rewrites the repository objects, users still need the normal Git cleanup and force-push workflow expected after history rewriting.

Because it rewrites repository history, BFG is used deliberately: it is most valuable when a repository has already leaked bulky files or secrets and the team needs a repeatable cleanup tool rather than manual filter-branch scripting.

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

BFG is package-nerd significant because it turned one of Git administration's ugliest chores into a memorable, packaged CLI. Before git-filter-repo became the modern upstream-recommended tool, BFG was the package many developers reached for when Git history got polluted.

Its design is a good example of a focused package beating a built-in general-purpose tool for a painful workflow: fewer knobs, better defaults for common cleanup cases, and performance claims strong enough to become part of the project's identity.

Chronologie

  • 2012: Official repository created in December.
  • 2015: v1.12.5 added Git LFS support.
  • 2018: v1.13.0 moved to Scala 2.12 and Java 8.
  • 2021: v1.14.0 updated to Scala 2.13.
  • 2025: v1.15.0 released in January.

Related projects

  • Related projects include git-filter-branch, git-filter-repo, git lfs migrate, and secret-scanning tools such as Gitleaks or TruffleHog that may detect the problem before BFG is needed.

posture de sécurité

Niveau de risque : vert

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Classificateur de risque

risque vert · confiance faible · appliance

Pourquoi

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signaux

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Comportement d'installation

  • Aucune métadonnée de bottle Homebrew n’a été enregistrée.

Revue recommandée

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exécutables

Exécutables installés

CommandeTypeExpositionNote
bfgexécutableexécutable indexéDécouvert depuis l'index local des exécutables.

fraîcheur

Version et fraîcheur

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page générée2026-08-03
version du gestionnaire1.15.0
gestionnaire mis à jour
données localesinconnu
amontnon disponible
dernière version détectéenon détecté
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métadonnées d'installation

Métadonnées du paquet

Clé du paquetbrew:bfg
Version1.15.0
Gestionnaire de paquetsHomebrew
Page d'accueilhttps://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/
Bouteillenon enregistré
Serviceaucun déclaré

correspondances dans les bases sources

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MacPorts95%

bfg

sudo port install bfg
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Bfg
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: java/bfg/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

main/bfg

scoop install main/bfg
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Bfg
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/bfg.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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Généré depuis les données du dépôt

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Sources utilisées

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  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
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