# Install pass-git-helper with Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix

Git credential helper interfacing with pass. Version 4.3.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install pass-git-helper.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pass-git-helper
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pass-git-helper
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add pass-git-helper
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pass-git-helper from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install pass-git-helper
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: pass-git-helper from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#pass-git-helper
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pa/pass-git-helper/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pass-git-helper
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.3.0
- **Source summary:** Git credential helper interfacing with pass
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/languitar/pass-git-helper>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/languitar/pass-git-helper>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:05:49-07:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- pass-git-helper (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 4.3.0

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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


## 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

- Unix: ~/.gitconfig, ~/.config/pass-git-helper/git-pass-mapping.ini

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.password-store
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - pass-git-helper - 3.2.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pass-git-helper from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Git credential helper interfacing with pass | https://github.com/languitar/pass-git-helper
- Nix - pass-git-helper: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pa/pass-git-helper/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - pass-git-helper - 1.4.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pass-git-helper from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Git credential helper interfacing with pass | https://github.com/languitar/pass-git-helper
- apk - pass-git-helper - 4.3.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pass-git-helper from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | git credential helper interfacing with pass, the standard unix password manager. | https://github.com/languitar/pass-git-helper
- apk - pass-git-helper-pyc - 4.3.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pass-git-helper-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for pass-git-helper | https://github.com/languitar/pass-git-helper


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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