macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install git-extraslocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install git-extrasMacPorts ports tree · devel/git-extras/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 1856
Install git-extras with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper
Small git utilities. Version 7.5.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-10. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install git-extras.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add git-extrasAlpine Linux edge package indexes · git-extras · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install git-extrasDebian stable package indexes · git-extras · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install git-extrasFedora Rawhide package metadata · git-extras · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#git-extrasnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gi/git-extras/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S git-deltaArch Linux sync databases · git-delta · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install git-deltaopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · git-delta · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Small git utilities
Project links
Commands and aliases
- git-abort
- git-alias
- git-archive-file
- git-authors
- git-browse
- git-browse-ci
- git-brv
- git-bulk
- git-changelog
- git-clear
- git-clear-soft
- git-coauthor
- git-commits-since
- git-continue
- git-contrib
- git-count
- git-cp
- git-create-branch
- git-delete-branch
- git-delete-merged-branches
- git-delete-squashed-branches
- git-delete-submodule
- git-delete-tag
- git-delta
- git-effort
- git-extras
- git-feature
- git-force-clone
- git-fork
- git-fresh-branch
- git-get
- git-gh-pages
history
Project history and usage
git-extras is a long-running collection of small Git subcommands. It packages workflow helpers for branch creation, changelogs, summaries, releases, cleanup, browsing, ignore-file generation, and other tasks that Git users often script locally.
Project history
The repository began in August 2010 under TJ Holowaychuk. Early commits and 0.0.x tags established the project's pattern: many small `git-*` executables installed so Git can dispatch them as `git <name>` subcommands.
The project reached 1.0.0 in February 2012 and continued through major release lines over the following decade. Its command set grew into dozens of utilities documented in `Commands.md`, including `git summary`, `git feature`, `git changelog`, `git effort`, `git ignore`, `git release`, `git undo`, and branch-cleanup helpers.
Version 6.4 in 2022 changed the assumed default branch from `master` to `main` while leaving configuration overrides through `git-extras.default-branch` or Git's `init.defaultBranch`. That change reflects how the project tracks common Git hosting conventions while preserving user configuration.
Adoption history
git-extras is packaged broadly enough to appear in Homebrew, Debian and Ubuntu, Fedora-family distributions, MacPorts, Nix, Arch-family repositories, and other package-manager indexes represented in the input metadata.
Its ecosystem role is partly cultural: before every team had bespoke Git aliases, shell snippets, and hosted pull-request tools, git-extras collected common shell workflows into named Git subcommands with man pages and completions.
How it is used
Practitioners install the package and then run commands through Git's subcommand mechanism, for example `git summary`, `git feature`, `git changelog`, `git release`, `git ignore`, `git undo`, or `git delete-merged-branches`.
Some commands read or write Git configuration in `.git/config` or `~/.gitconfig`; the README documents branch-name defaults through `git-extras.default-branch` and `init.defaultBranch`. The package is therefore often used as a personal workflow layer on top of plain Git.
Why package nerds care
git-extras matters because it is a package of shell-level affordances rather than a single tool. It demonstrates Git's command-discovery design: any executable named `git-foo` on PATH can become `git foo`.
It also creates package-manager edge cases. Some commands overlap with standalone tools, including the `git-delete-merged-branches` name clash documented by the standalone branch-cleanup project.
Timeline
- 2010: The repository begins and 0.0.x tags are released.
- 2012: Version 1.0.0 is released.
- 2014: Version 2.x releases continue expanding the command collection.
- 2015: Versions 3.0.0 and 4.0.0 are released.
- 2020: Version 6.0.0 is released.
- 2022: Version 6.4.0 changes the assumed default branch name to `main`.
- 2023: Version 7.0.0 is released.
- 2026: Version 7.5.0 is released.
Related projects
- Git itself is the host command framework that discovers git-extras executables.
- hub, gh, diff-so-fancy, delta, and standalone branch-cleanup tools occupy adjacent Git workflow-helper territory.
- git-delete-merged-branches is directly related because both packages can provide a command with the same name.
Sources
- https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-extras documents Homebrew packaging.
- https://github.com/tj/git-extras documents the README, installation, command list, default-branch behavior, and contribution workflow.
- https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/master/Commands.md documents the command surface.
- https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/master/History.md documents release history.
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for git-extras. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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
.git/config~/.gitconfig
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
git-abort | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-alias | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-archive-file | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-authors | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-browse | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-browse-ci | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-brv | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-bulk | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-changelog | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-clear | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-clear-soft | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-coauthor | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-commits-since | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-continue | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-contrib | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-count | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-cp | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-create-branch | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-delete-branch | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-delete-merged-branches | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-delete-squashed-branches | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-delete-submodule | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-delete-tag | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-delta | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-effort | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-extras | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-feature | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-force-clone | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-fork | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-fresh-branch | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-get | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-gh-pages | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-graft | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-guilt | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-ignore | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-ignore-io | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-info | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-local-commits | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-lock | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-locked | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-magic | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-merge-into | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-merge-repo | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-missing | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-mr | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-obliterate | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-paste | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-pr | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-psykorebase | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-pull-request | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-reauthor | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-rebase-patch | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-release | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-rename-branch | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-rename-file | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-rename-remote | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-rename-tag | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-repl | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-reset-file | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-root | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-rscp | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-scp | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-sed | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-setup | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-show-merged-branches | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-show-tree | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-show-unmerged-branches | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-squash | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-stamp | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-standup | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-summary | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-sync | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-touch | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-undo | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-unlock | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-unwip | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-utimes | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-wip | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
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 generated2026-08-03
manager version7.5.0
manager updated2026-05-10
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:git-extras |
|---|---|
| Version | 7.5.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/tj/git-extras |
| Repository | https://github.com/tj/git-extras |
| Last updated | 2026-05-10T04:40:26Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
git-extras 7.3.0-1
Extra commands for git
https://github.com/tj/git-extras
sudo apt install git-extras- Section: vcs
- Architecture: all
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Extras
Nix95%
git-extras
nix profile install nixpkgs#git-extras- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Extras
Ubuntu apt95%
git-extras 7.1.0-1
Extra commands for git
https://github.com/tj/git-extras
sudo apt install git-extras- Section: universe/vcs
- Architecture: all
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Extras
apk95%
git-extras 7.4.0-r0
Little git extras
https://github.com/tj/git-extras
sudo apk add git-extras- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: git-extras
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Extras
apk95%
git-extras-bash-completion 7.4.0-r0
Bash completions for git-extras
https://github.com/tj/git-extras
sudo apk add git-extras-bash-completion- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: git-extras
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Extras
apk95%
git-extras-doc 7.4.0-r0
Little git extras (documentation)
https://github.com/tj/git-extras
sudo apk add git-extras-doc- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: git-extras
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Extras
dnf95%
git-extras 7.3.0-5.fc45
Little git extras
https://github.com/tj/git-extras
sudo dnf install git-extras- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: git-extras
- 3 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Extras
MacPorts95%
git-extras
sudo port install git-extras- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Extras
MacPorts94%
git-delta
sudo port install git-delta- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Git Delta
Debian apt92%
git-delete-merged-branches 7.5.0-1
command-line tool to delete merged git branches
https://github.com/hartwork/git-delete-merged-branches
sudo apt install git-delete-merged-branches- Section: vcs
- Architecture: all
- 2 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Git Delete Merged Branches
Debian apt92%
git-delta 0.18.2-4+b1
syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, and grep output
https://dandavison.github.io/delta/
sudo apt install git-delta- Section: vcs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: git-delta
- 3 dependencies
- 2 optional deps
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Git Delta
Debian apt92%
python3-git-delete-merged-branches 7.5.0-1
command-line tool to delete merged git branches (Python module)
https://github.com/hartwork/git-delete-merged-branches
sudo apt install python3-git-delete-merged-branches- Section: python
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: git-delete-merged-branches
- 4 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Git Delete Merged Branches
Nix92%
git-delete-merged-branches
nix profile install nixpkgs#git-delete-merged-branches- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Git Delete Merged Branches
Ubuntu apt92%
git-delete-merged-branches 7.4.0-1
command-line tool to delete merged git branches
https://github.com/hartwork/git-delete-merged-branches
sudo apt install git-delete-merged-branches- Section: universe/vcs
- Architecture: all
- 2 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Git Delete Merged Branches
Ubuntu apt92%
git-delta 0.16.5-5
syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, and grep output
https://dandavison.github.io/delta/
sudo apt install git-delta- Section: universe/vcs
- Architecture: amd64
- 3 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Git Delta
Ubuntu apt92%
python3-git-delete-merged-branches 7.4.0-1
command-line tool to delete merged git branches (Python module)
https://github.com/hartwork/git-delete-merged-branches
sudo apt install python3-git-delete-merged-branches- Section: universe/python
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: git-delete-merged-branches
- 4 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Git Delete Merged Branches
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