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Install git-game with Homebrew
Game for git to guess who made which commit. Version 1.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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overview
Package summary
Game for git to guess who made which commit
Project links
Commands and aliases
- git-game
history
Project history and usage
git-game is a small Ruby command-line game that turns a Git repository's commit history into a guessing game. Players inspect commit messages and guess which team member authored each commit.
Project history
The repository was created in 2015 and shipped a 1.0 GitHub release the same day. Its README presents the project as a lightweight social game for teams, with Homebrew installation, a standalone executable release, normal and hard difficulty modes, and support for filtering commits with git-log options.
Adoption history
Adoption appears niche and recreational rather than infrastructure-oriented. Homebrew packaging made it easy for macOS users to install, but the project remained a small utility centered on team culture and commit-history familiarity.
How it is used
Practitioners run `git game` inside an existing repository. The tool samples commits, shows commit messages, and lets the player build a streak by guessing authors; options such as `--hard` and git-log filters narrow or change the challenge.
Why package nerds care
git-game is significant as an example of Git's porcelain-extension culture: any executable named `git-*` can become a `git foo` command, even when the result is a team game rather than a development workflow.
Timeline
- 2015: Repository and 1.0 release appeared on GitHub.
- 2015: 1.1 and 1.2 releases followed in the same launch period.
- 2023: 1.3 release refreshed the packaged version line.
Related projects
- git-game relates to git-log, commit analytics toys, and Git subcommand wrappers distributed through Homebrew.
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.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
git-game | 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 version1.3
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:git-game |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/jsomers/git-game |
| Repository | https://github.com/jsomers/git-game |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
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.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation