# 使用 Homebrew, apt, Nix 安装 git-big-picture

查看 git-big-picture 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:git-big-picture
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install git-big-picture
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install git-big-picture
```

  证据: Debian stable package indexes: git-big-picture from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#git-big-picture
```

  证据: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/git-big-picture/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:git-big-picture
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **软件包管理器页面:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-big-picture>
- **版本:** 1.3.0
- **来源摘要:** Visualization tool for Git repositories
- **主页:** <https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture>
- **许可证:** GPL-3.0-or-later
- **源码归档:** <https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/bb/df/15392f049576f9b3989ffe9d5ec12135f8d9618c089a6259c5a2c16556c9/git-big-picture-1.3.0.tar.gz>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## 可执行文件

- git-big-picture (cli)
- git-big-picture (别名)

## 依赖

- graphviz
- python@3.14

## 安装行为

- post-install 钩子: 未定义
- Bottle: 可用 于 all

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-04
- 管理器版本: 1.3.0
- 本地数据: OK
- 上游仓库: https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture
- 信息: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- 信息: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.
## 项目历史与用法

git-big-picture is a Python and Graphviz-based visualization tool that reduces a Git repository's commit DAG to the commits and refs that explain the repository's branch and tag structure.

### 项目历史

The repository opened in 2011 and developed as a Git history visualizer rather than a general Git UI. Its README describes the tool as a filter: it removes uninteresting commits from the DAG and renders the remaining relationships with Graphviz.

The project later gained generated manual-page documentation, PyPI packaging, test automation, and examples showing reduced graphs for toy and real repositories. A 2026 maintainer notice placed the project in maintenance mode, with bug fixes and dependency updates accepted but feature expansion paused.

### 采用历史

git-big-picture occupies a small but recognizable Git-tool niche: it helps developers explain topology in repositories where git log --graph is too noisy. Packaging in Homebrew, Debian-family systems, Nix, and PyPI made it easy to install alongside Graphviz.

### 使用方式

Practitioners run git-big-picture against a repository to produce SVG, PNG, PDF, Graphviz dot, or viewer output. Options select tags, branches, roots, merges, bifurcation commits, commit messages, simplification, history direction, output files, and viewers.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

Package maintainers care because the executable is a classic Unix-style Git helper: small, scriptable, dependent on Graphviz, installable as git big-picture through PATH lookup, and useful for documentation screenshots or release notes.

### 时间线

- 2011: Repository created.
- 2024: The generated man page documented git-big-picture 1.3.0.
- 2026: Maintainer notice marked the project as maintenance mode.

### Related projects

- Related tools include Git's log graph output, Graphviz dot, PyPI packaging, and Git helper command integration through PATH lookup or aliases.

### 来源

- <https://api.github.com/repos/git-big-picture/git-big-picture>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-big-picture>
- <https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture>
- <https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture/blob/main/README.md>
- <https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture/blob/main/git-big-picture.1>


## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## 源数据库详情

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** git-big-picture
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## 其他软件包管理器记录

- Debian apt - git-big-picture - 1.3.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: git-big-picture from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Visualization tool for Git repositories (executable) | https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture
- Debian apt - python3-git-big-picture - 1.3.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-git-big-picture from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Visualization tool for Git repositories (module) | https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture
- Nix - git-big-picture: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/git-big-picture/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - git-big-picture - 1.2.2-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: git-big-picture from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Visualization tool for Git repositories (executable) | https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture
- Ubuntu apt - python3-git-big-picture - 1.2.2-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-git-big-picture from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Visualization tool for Git repositories (module) | https://github.com/git-big-picture/git-big-picture


## 相关链接

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [python@3.14](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [graphviz](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/graphviz/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [gource](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/gource/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, visualization.
- [gitlogue](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/gitlogue/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, visualization.
- [xdot](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/xdot/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, graphviz, python.
- [gitup](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/gitup/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, python.
- [git-graph](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/git-graph/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, visualization.
- [gprof2dot](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/gprof2dot/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, graphviz, visualization.
- [snakeviz](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/snakeviz/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, python, visualization.
- [pygitup](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/pygitup/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, python.
- [git-imerge](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/git-imerge/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, git, python.
- [git-delete-merged-branches](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/git-delete-merged-branches/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, git, python.
- [git-machete](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/git-machete/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, git, python.

## Combined YAML source

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


## 来源

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
