macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install git-recentlocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew / rank 6550
Install git-recent with Homebrew, Nix
Browse your latest git branches, formatted real fancy. Version 2.2.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#git-recent.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#git-recentnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gi/git-recent/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Browse your latest git branches, formatted real fancy
Project links
Commands and aliases
- git-recent
- git-recent-og
history
Project history and usage
git-recent is a Git branch navigation helper by Paul Irish for browsing recently touched branches and checking one out with a short interactive flow.
Project history
The README records the tool's origin in Paul Irish's dotfiles in May 2016, followed by a standalone repository and npm publication in August 2016. The original script became git-recent-og after the 2.0 rewrite.
The 2.0 line, released in 2025 according to the changelog, added an fzf-based interactive UI for browsing branches, viewing branch-specific commits, inspecting a diff against main, and checking out the selected branch.
Adoption history
git-recent spread as a small personal-workflow utility through npm and Homebrew, with Nix also recorded in the input package metadata. Its adoption significance comes less from enterprise deployment and more from shell users copying a tiny Git helper into daily branch-switching habits.
How it is used
Practitioners run git recent inside a repository, navigate the fzf list of branches, press Enter to check out a selection, and use Ctrl-O to inspect a diff. The README notes optional delta integration for formatted diffs and worktree detection that can guide a user to an existing checkout.
Users who do not want the fzf dependency can run git recent-og, the renamed 2016 implementation, with options such as -n to limit the number of branches shown.
Why package nerds care
git-recent is a compact example of the Git subcommand packaging pattern: one executable on PATH becomes a Git verb, distributed through npm, Homebrew, and Nix, and upgraded without changing the underlying Git data model.
Timeline
- 2016: Script added to paulirish/dotfiles.
- 2016: Standalone repository released and package published to npm.
- 2018: Count parameter added.
- 2019: Final 1.x bugfix recorded in the README changelog.
- 2025: 2.0 upgrade added fzf integration and renamed the original implementation to git-recent-og.
Related projects
- fzf powers the 2.x interactive branch picker.
- delta can format diffs shown from the interactive UI.
- The README points branch-navigation enthusiasts to git-fuzzy, lazygit, tig, and fzf-git.sh.
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-recent | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
git-recent-og | 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 version2.2.0
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:git-recent |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.2.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/paulirish/git-recent |
| Repository | https://github.com/paulirish/git-recent |
| 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.
Nix95%
git-recent
nix profile install nixpkgs#git-recent- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Recent
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
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation