install

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macOS

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brew install git-url-sub

provider-native install command

overview

Package summary

Recursively substitute remote URLs for multiple repos

Project links

Commands and aliases

git-url-sub

history

Project history and usage

git-url-sub is a small shell Git utility for recursively substituting remote URLs across multiple repositories.

Project history

Greg Osuri published git-url-sub as a compact Git helper aimed at changing repository remotes in bulk rather than editing each repository by hand. The official generated man page identifies it as a Git URL substitution utility and dates the man page to August 2011.

Adoption history

The project had a Homebrew installation path early enough to be documented in the README. Homebrew's formula packages version 1.0.1 in homebrew/core and also exposes a HEAD build, indicating small but durable package-manager presence.

How it is used

Practitioners use git-url-sub with a pattern and replacement to rewrite remote URLs, for example after a GitHub organization rename, a hosting migration, or a switch between URL styles. The `-c` option commits changes and `-s` suppresses output.

Why package nerds care

git-url-sub is notable as a Unix-style Git helper: a single-purpose command that automates a repetitive repository-maintenance chore without building a broader synchronization system.

Timeline

2011: Official man page date records August 2011.
1.0.1: Homebrew packages git-url-sub as the current stable release.

Related projects

git-url-sub is related to `git remote set-url`, shell scripting around Git, and Homebrew-packaged Git helpers.

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-url-sub`	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 version1.0.1

manager updated

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:git-url-sub
Version	1.0.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://gosuri.github.io/git-url-sub
Repository	https://github.com/gosuri/git-url-sub
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-url-sub.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
curated package history
pkgdb category and tag curation

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