# Install git-now with Homebrew

Light, temporary commits for git. Version 0.1.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-02.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:git-now
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install git-now
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:git-now
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.1.1.0
- **Source summary:** Light, temporary commits for git
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/iwata/git-now>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/iwata/git-now>
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-02T20:52:06+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- git-now (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.1.1.0
## Project history and usage

git-now is a Git helper for making light, temporary commits whose messages are derived from the time and diff. The README credits an earlier git-now idea and original code, then presents the Iwata repository as a packaged command-line implementation with subcommands for managing those temporary commits.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created on 2011-08-29. The README links the concept back to a 2010 note by sinsoku and original code by Toshiyuki Kawanishi, showing that the package grew from a Japanese Git workflow idea into a standalone shell-based tool.

### Adoption history

git-now had a modest but visible command-line audience: GitHub metadata records more public attention than the smallest Git helper scripts in this batch, and the README documented Homebrew installation alongside manual and Windows installation paths. The tag series in 2011 shows active early packaging around the 0.0 and 0.1 releases.

### How it is used

Developers use git-now to checkpoint work without crafting a durable commit message. The command accepts many git-add style options, creates a temporary commit, and provides rebase, push, and grep subcommands for cleaning up or working with those generated commits.

### Why package nerds care

The tool belongs to the class of Git workflow extensions that make local history cheaper to create and later reshape. It is notable to package maintainers because it bundles shell scripts, shFlags, shell completion support, Homebrew instructions, and an msysgit-era Windows installer path.

### Timeline

- 2010: README credits the original git-now idea.
- 2011: Iwata repository was created on GitHub.
- 2011: v0.0.4.2, v0.1.0.0, and v0.1.1.0 tags were published during early iteration.

### Related projects

- gitflow
- git add
- Git rebase workflows

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-now>
- <https://github.com/iwata/git-now>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iwata/git-now/master/README.mdown>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/git-now.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/git-now.yml)


## Sources

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