# Install gitwatch

Watch a file or folder and automatically commit changes to a git repo easily. Version 0.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:gitwatch
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gitwatch
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#gitwatch
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:gitwatch
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gitwatch>
- **Version:** 0.5
- **Source summary:** Watch a file or folder and automatically commit changes to a git repo easily
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/gitwatch/gitwatch>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/gitwatch/gitwatch>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/gitwatch/gitwatch#readme>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/gitwatch/gitwatch/archive/refs/tags/v0.5.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- gitwatch (cli)
- gitwatch (alias)

## Dependencies

- coreutils
- fswatch

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 0.5
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/gitwatch/gitwatch
- Upstream latest detected: v0.5 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** gitwatch
- **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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - gitwatch: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/gitwatch/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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- [Archive and compression packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/archive-compression-tools/) - Matched archive or compression metadata.
- [coreutils](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/coreutils/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [fswatch](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/fswatch/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [gh](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/gh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, git, version-control.
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- [git-xargs](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/git-xargs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, git, version-control.
- [gitbackup](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/gitbackup/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, developer-tools, git, version-control.
- [libgit2](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/libgit2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control.
- [git-lfs](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/git-lfs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control.
- [glab](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/glab/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control.
- [dura](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/dura/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: automatically, backup, cli, control, developer.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph