# 使用 Homebrew 安装 gimme

查看 gimme 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:gimme
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gimme
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:gimme
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 1.5.6
- **来源摘要:** Shell script to install any Go version
- **主页:** <https://github.com/travis-ci/gimme>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/travis-ci/gimme>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- gimme (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 1.5.6
## 项目历史与用法

gimme is a small shell utility from the Travis CI ecosystem for installing and selecting Go toolchain versions. Its niche is CI and developer-shell setup rather than general Go project management.

### 项目历史

The public repository began in January 2015, and the README states that the original goal was trivial Go cross-compilation within Travis CI. Early releases added automatic Go version discovery, source and binary install paths, and shell environment output that lets users activate a selected Go installation with eval or by sourcing an env file.

The project evolved around changes in the Go release process. The changelog records support for stable and oldstable aliases, checksums for downloaded archives, mirror support through GIMME_DOWNLOAD_BASE, Windows binary downloads, and repeated updates for newer Go release lines.

### 采用历史

gimme became useful because Travis CI users needed repeatable Go versions before Go version managers and CI images covered every combination. Its README documents Homebrew and Arch AUR installation paths, placing it in the package-manager layer used by developers who wanted the same version-selection behavior outside Travis jobs.

### 使用方式

Practitioners use gimme by asking for a Go version, stable alias, oldstable alias, or master branch, then applying the emitted shell environment. In CI it is used with variables such as GIMME_GO_VERSION, GIMME_OS, and GIMME_ARCH to exercise builds across operating-system and architecture combinations.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

For package maintainers, gimme is a compact example of a version manager that delegates policy to upstream Go release artifacts while caching local installs. It matters less as a broad ecosystem pillar than as a Travis-era tool that encoded Go matrix testing into one shell script.

### 时间线

- 2015: Repository and first tags appeared for the shell-based Go installer.
- 2016: 1.0.0 added Homebrew documentation, cross-compilation support, and broader platform handling.
- 2017: stable alias and known-version listing were added.
- 2018: .x version resolution, oldstable support, and support for Go 1.11-era releases landed.

### Related projects

- gimme overlaps with Go version managers and CI image management, but its README frames it specifically around Travis CI cross-compilation and upstream Go release downloads.

### 来源

- <https://github.com/travis-ci/gimme>
- <https://github.com/travis-ci/gimme/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md>
- <https://github.com/travis-ci/gimme/blob/master/README.md>


## 安全说明

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger 风险:** yellow / 中
- generalized runtime or code generation signal


## Combined YAML source

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


## 来源

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