install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install git-fresh

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Utility to keep git repos fresh

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

git-fresh

history

Project history and usage

git-fresh is a small Git maintenance command by Ivan Malopinsky for updating a repository's root branch, pruning remotes, stashing changes, and removing stale local or remote branches.

Project history

The project is distributed as a shell-based Git helper. Its README describes the default workflow as updating the local root branch from the remote root, stashing changes, and pruning remote branches, with flags for stale-branch deletion, rebasing or merging, tag cleanup, workspace wiping, and stash clearing.

Adoption history

The README documents manual installation on Linux, macOS, and Windows, plus package-manager paths through Homebrew, bpkg, and the Arch User Repository. Homebrew's formula lists git-fresh in homebrew/core with stable version 1.13.0, which reflects modest but real package-manager adoption.

How it is used

Practitioners run `git fresh` when returning to a repository and wanting to synchronize the root branch, prune remote-tracking branches, and optionally clean stale branches or tags. The `.freshignore` file, either in the repository or home directory, lets users protect branch names from cleanup.

Why package nerds care

The package is niche but practical: it bundles a handful of recurring Git maintenance commands into one executable and exposes a tiny ignore-file convention. Its significance is local-workstation ergonomics rather than broad ecosystem influence.

Timeline

1.13.0: Homebrew packages git-fresh as the current stable release.
README era: Homebrew, bpkg, and AUR installation paths are documented upstream.

Related projects

git-fresh is related to Git's fetch, pull, prune, stash, rebase, branch deletion, and tag cleanup commands.

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 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: .freshignore~/.freshignore

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`git-fresh`	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 version1.13.0

manager updated2026-06-18

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:git-fresh
Version	1.13.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/imsky/git-fresh
Repository	https://github.com/imsky/git-fresh
Last updated	2026-06-18T09:25:51+09:00
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

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/git-fresh.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

Install git-fresh with Homebrew