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Small git utilities. Version 7.5.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-10.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install git-extras

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install git-extras

MacPorts ports tree · devel/git-extras/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add git-extras

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · git-extras · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install git-extras

Debian stable package indexes · git-extras · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install git-extras

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · git-extras · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#git-extras

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gi/git-extras/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S git-delta

Arch Linux sync databases · git-delta · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install git-delta

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · git-delta · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Small git utilities

Commands and aliases

  • git-abort
  • git-alias
  • git-archive-file
  • git-authors
  • git-browse
  • git-browse-ci
  • git-brv
  • git-bulk
  • git-changelog
  • git-clear
  • git-clear-soft
  • git-coauthor
  • git-commits-since
  • git-continue
  • git-contrib
  • git-count
  • git-cp
  • git-create-branch
  • git-delete-branch
  • git-delete-merged-branches
  • git-delete-squashed-branches
  • git-delete-submodule
  • git-delete-tag
  • git-delta
  • git-effort
  • git-extras
  • git-feature
  • git-force-clone
  • git-fork
  • git-fresh-branch
  • git-get
  • git-gh-pages

history

Project history and usage

git-extras is a long-running collection of small Git subcommands. It packages workflow helpers for branch creation, changelogs, summaries, releases, cleanup, browsing, ignore-file generation, and other tasks that Git users often script locally.

Project history

The repository began in August 2010 under TJ Holowaychuk. Early commits and 0.0.x tags established the project's pattern: many small `git-*` executables installed so Git can dispatch them as `git <name>` subcommands.

The project reached 1.0.0 in February 2012 and continued through major release lines over the following decade. Its command set grew into dozens of utilities documented in `Commands.md`, including `git summary`, `git feature`, `git changelog`, `git effort`, `git ignore`, `git release`, `git undo`, and branch-cleanup helpers.

Version 6.4 in 2022 changed the assumed default branch from `master` to `main` while leaving configuration overrides through `git-extras.default-branch` or Git's `init.defaultBranch`. That change reflects how the project tracks common Git hosting conventions while preserving user configuration.

Adoption history

git-extras is packaged broadly enough to appear in Homebrew, Debian and Ubuntu, Fedora-family distributions, MacPorts, Nix, Arch-family repositories, and other package-manager indexes represented in the input metadata.

Its ecosystem role is partly cultural: before every team had bespoke Git aliases, shell snippets, and hosted pull-request tools, git-extras collected common shell workflows into named Git subcommands with man pages and completions.

How it is used

Practitioners install the package and then run commands through Git's subcommand mechanism, for example `git summary`, `git feature`, `git changelog`, `git release`, `git ignore`, `git undo`, or `git delete-merged-branches`.

Some commands read or write Git configuration in `.git/config` or `~/.gitconfig`; the README documents branch-name defaults through `git-extras.default-branch` and `init.defaultBranch`. The package is therefore often used as a personal workflow layer on top of plain Git.

Why package nerds care

git-extras matters because it is a package of shell-level affordances rather than a single tool. It demonstrates Git's command-discovery design: any executable named `git-foo` on PATH can become `git foo`.

It also creates package-manager edge cases. Some commands overlap with standalone tools, including the `git-delete-merged-branches` name clash documented by the standalone branch-cleanup project.

Timeline

  • 2010: The repository begins and 0.0.x tags are released.
  • 2012: Version 1.0.0 is released.
  • 2014: Version 2.x releases continue expanding the command collection.
  • 2015: Versions 3.0.0 and 4.0.0 are released.
  • 2020: Version 6.0.0 is released.
  • 2022: Version 6.4.0 changes the assumed default branch name to `main`.
  • 2023: Version 7.0.0 is released.
  • 2026: Version 7.5.0 is released.

Related projects

  • Git itself is the host command framework that discovers git-extras executables.
  • hub, gh, diff-so-fancy, delta, and standalone branch-cleanup tools occupy adjacent Git workflow-helper territory.
  • git-delete-merged-branches is directly related because both packages can provide a command with the same name.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for git-extras. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
.git/config~/.gitconfig

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
git-abortcliglobal executable
git-aliascliglobal executable
git-archive-filecliglobal executable
git-authorscliglobal executable
git-browsecliglobal executable
git-browse-cicliglobal executable
git-brvcliglobal executable
git-bulkcliglobal executable
git-changelogcliglobal executable
git-clearcliglobal executable
git-clear-softcliglobal executable
git-coauthorcliglobal executable
git-commits-sincecliglobal executable
git-continuecliglobal executable
git-contribcliglobal executable
git-countcliglobal executable
git-cpcliglobal executable
git-create-branchcliglobal executable
git-delete-branchcliglobal executable
git-delete-merged-branchescliglobal executable
git-delete-squashed-branchescliglobal executable
git-delete-submodulecliglobal executable
git-delete-tagcliglobal executable
git-deltacliglobal executable
git-effortcliglobal executable
git-extrascliglobal executable
git-featurecliglobal executable
git-force-clonecliglobal executable
git-forkcliglobal executable
git-fresh-branchcliglobal executable
git-getcliglobal executable
git-gh-pagescliglobal executable
git-graftcliglobal executable
git-guiltcliglobal executable
git-ignorecliglobal executable
git-ignore-iocliglobal executable
git-infocliglobal executable
git-local-commitscliglobal executable
git-lockcliglobal executable
git-lockedcliglobal executable
git-magiccliglobal executable
git-merge-intocliglobal executable
git-merge-repocliglobal executable
git-missingcliglobal executable
git-mrcliglobal executable
git-obliteratecliglobal executable
git-pastecliglobal executable
git-prcliglobal executable
git-psykorebasecliglobal executable
git-pull-requestcliglobal executable
git-reauthorcliglobal executable
git-rebase-patchcliglobal executable
git-releasecliglobal executable
git-rename-branchcliglobal executable
git-rename-filecliglobal executable
git-rename-remotecliglobal executable
git-rename-tagcliglobal executable
git-replcliglobal executable
git-reset-filecliglobal executable
git-rootcliglobal executable
git-rscpcliglobal executable
git-scpcliglobal executable
git-sedcliglobal executable
git-setupcliglobal executable
git-show-merged-branchescliglobal executable
git-show-treecliglobal executable
git-show-unmerged-branchescliglobal executable
git-squashcliglobal executable
git-stampcliglobal executable
git-standupcliglobal executable
git-summarycliglobal executable
git-synccliglobal executable
git-touchcliglobal executable
git-undocliglobal executable
git-unlockcliglobal executable
git-unwipcliglobal executable
git-utimescliglobal executable
git-wipcliglobal executable

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 generated2026-07-08
manager version7.5.0
manager updated2026-05-10
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected7.5.0

https://github.com/tj/git-extras

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:git-extras
Version7.5.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-extras
Homepagehttps://github.com/tj/git-extras
Repositoryhttps://github.com/tj/git-extras
Upstream docshttps://github.com/tj/git-extras#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/tj/git-extras/archive/refs/tags/7.5.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-05-10T04:40:26Z
Pulseupdated
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared
CaveatsTo load Zsh completions, add the following to your .zshrc: source $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/git-extras/share/git-extras/git-extras-completion.zsh

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegit-extras
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Conflicts With
  • git-delete-merged-branches
  • git-ignore
  • git-standup
  • git-sync
  • ugit
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

git-extras 7.3.0-1

Extra commands for git

https://github.com/tj/git-extras

sudo apt install git-extras
  • Section: vcs
  • Architecture: all
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Extras
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: git-extras from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

git-extras

nix profile install nixpkgs#git-extras
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Extras
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/git-extras/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

git-extras 7.1.0-1

Extra commands for git

https://github.com/tj/git-extras

sudo apt install git-extras
  • Section: universe/vcs
  • Architecture: all
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Extras
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: git-extras from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

git-extras 7.4.0-r0

Little git extras

https://github.com/tj/git-extras

sudo apk add git-extras
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: git-extras
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Extras
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: git-extras from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

git-extras-bash-completion 7.4.0-r0

Bash completions for git-extras

https://github.com/tj/git-extras

sudo apk add git-extras-bash-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: git-extras
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Extras
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: git-extras-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

git-extras-doc 7.4.0-r0

Little git extras (documentation)

https://github.com/tj/git-extras

sudo apk add git-extras-doc
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: git-extras
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Extras
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: git-extras-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

git-extras 7.3.0-4.fc44

Little git extras

https://github.com/tj/git-extras

sudo dnf install git-extras
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: git-extras
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Extras
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: git-extras from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

git-extras

sudo port install git-extras
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Git Extras
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/git-extras/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
MacPorts94%

git-delta

sudo port install git-delta
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Git Delta
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: textproc/git-delta/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Debian apt92%

git-delete-merged-branches 7.5.0-1

command-line tool to delete merged git branches

https://github.com/hartwork/git-delete-merged-branches

sudo apt install git-delete-merged-branches
  • Section: vcs
  • Architecture: all
  • 2 dependencies
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Git Delete Merged Branches
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: git-delete-merged-branches from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt92%

git-delta 0.18.2-4+b1

syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, and grep output

https://dandavison.github.io/delta/

sudo apt install git-delta
  • Section: vcs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: git-delta
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 optional deps
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Git Delta
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: git-delta from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt92%

python3-git-delete-merged-branches 7.5.0-1

command-line tool to delete merged git branches (Python module)

https://github.com/hartwork/git-delete-merged-branches

sudo apt install python3-git-delete-merged-branches
  • Section: python
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: git-delete-merged-branches
  • 4 dependencies
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Git Delete Merged Branches
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: python3-git-delete-merged-branches from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix92%

git-delete-merged-branches

nix profile install nixpkgs#git-delete-merged-branches
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Git Delete Merged Branches
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/git-delete-merged-branches/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt92%

git-delete-merged-branches 7.4.0-1

command-line tool to delete merged git branches

https://github.com/hartwork/git-delete-merged-branches

sudo apt install git-delete-merged-branches
  • Section: universe/vcs
  • Architecture: all
  • 2 dependencies
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Git Delete Merged Branches
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: git-delete-merged-branches from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt92%

git-delta 0.16.5-5

syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, and grep output

https://dandavison.github.io/delta/

sudo apt install git-delta
  • Section: universe/vcs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Git Delta
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: git-delta from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt92%

python3-git-delete-merged-branches 7.4.0-1

command-line tool to delete merged git branches (Python module)

https://github.com/hartwork/git-delete-merged-branches

sudo apt install python3-git-delete-merged-branches
  • Section: universe/python
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: git-delete-merged-branches
  • 4 dependencies
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Git Delete Merged Branches
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-git-delete-merged-branches from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Same workflow

  • git-flowShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extensions, version-control.
  • git-freshShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extensions, version-control.
  • git-delete-merged-branchesShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extensions, version-control.
  • git-deltaShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extensions, version-control.
  • git-filter-repoShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extensions, version-control.
  • git-format-stagedShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extensions, version-control.

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Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment