macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install git-filter-repolocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install git-filter-repoMacPorts ports tree · devel/git-filter-repo/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install git-filter-repo with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, zypper
Quickly rewrite git repository history. Version 2.47.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add git-filter-repoAlpine Linux edge package indexes · git-filter-repo · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install git-filter-repoDebian stable package indexes · git-filter-repo · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install git-filter-repoFedora Rawhide package metadata · git-filter-repo · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#git-filter-reponixpkgs package indexes · git-filter-repo · source: raw.githubusercontent.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S git-filter-repoArch Linux sync databases · git-filter-repo · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install git-filter-repoopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · git-filter-repo · source: download.opensuse.org
Windows
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/git-filter-repoScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/git-filter-repo.json · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Quickly rewrite git repository history
Project links
Commands and aliases
- git-filter-repo
history
Project history and usage
git-filter-repo is a Python-based Git history rewriting tool by Elijah Newren, positioned as a safer and faster successor to git filter-branch for repository cleanup, extraction, path rewriting, tag rewriting, and sensitive-data removal.
Project history
The project grew out of Newren's work on Git fast-export and fast-import based history filtering. The public repository carries imported history back to a 2009 initial import, while the standalone GitHub project was established in 2018 and began tagging releases alongside Git 2.23-era packaging. Its README frames the tool as a response to shortcomings in git filter-branch and BFG Repo Cleaner: poor performance, confusing multi-step cleanup, limited rewrite types, and fragile shell-based filtering.
Adoption history
Adoption was accelerated by the Git project's own filter-branch documentation, which warns against filter-branch for many use cases and points users toward git-filter-repo. The project became a standard answer for history-rewrite work because it combines a command-line interface, a Python library for custom filters, conversion guides from filter-branch and BFG, and packaging in common Unix package ecosystems.
How it is used
Practitioners use git-filter-repo for destructive repository rewrites: removing large blobs or secrets, extracting a subdirectory with history, moving a project into a subdirectory before a merge, renaming tags, rewriting author data with mailmap information, or replacing text across historical blobs. The tool deliberately encourages use from a fresh clone and performs cleanup steps such as pruning old history and repacking so users do not mix rewritten and original refs.
Why package nerds care
For package maintainers and release engineers, git-filter-repo matters because it replaced a folklore-heavy set of filter-branch recipes with a single-file script, a documented manual, and reproducible transformations. Its existence also fed changes back into core Git fast-export and fast-import behavior, making it part of the broader Git tooling ecosystem rather than only a cleanup script.
Timeline
- 2009: Imported predecessor history begins with an initial filter-repo commit.
- 2018: The standalone GitHub repository was created.
- 2019: Git Rev News published Newren's introduction to git-filter-repo.
- Git 2.23 era: Early tagged releases appeared as the tool entered package-manager distribution.
Related projects
- git-filter-repo is related to git filter-branch, BFG Repo Cleaner, git fast-export, git fast-import, and the filter-lamely and bfg-ish demos shipped in its contrib tree.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
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.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
git-filter-repo | cli | global 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 version2.47.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/newren/git-filter-reponone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:git-filter-repo |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.47.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-filter-repo |
| Homepage | https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo |
| Repository | https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo/releases/download/v2.47.0/git-filter-repo-2.47.0.tar.xz |
| Uses from macOS | git, python |
| Bottle | available (on all) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | git-filter-repo |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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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-filter-repo 2.47.0-2
Quickly rewrite git repository history
https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo
sudo apt install git-filter-repo- Section: vcs
- Architecture: all
- 2 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Filter Repo
Nix95%
git-filter-repo
nix profile install nixpkgs#git-filter-repo- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Filter Repo
Ubuntu apt95%
git-filter-repo 2.38.0-2
Quickly rewrite git repository history
https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo
sudo apt install git-filter-repo- Section: universe/vcs
- Architecture: all
- 2 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Filter Repo
apk95%
git-filter-repo 2.47.0-r2
quickly rewrite git repository history
https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo
sudo apk add git-filter-repo- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: git-filter-repo
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Filter Repo
apk95%
git-filter-repo-doc 2.47.0-r2
quickly rewrite git repository history (documentation)
https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo
sudo apk add git-filter-repo-doc- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: git-filter-repo
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Filter Repo
dnf95%
git-filter-repo 2.47.0-10.fc45
Quickly rewrite git repository history (git-filter-branch replacement)
https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo
sudo dnf install git-filter-repo- License: GPL-2.0-only OR MIT
- Category: Development/Tools/Version Control
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: git-filter-repo
- 3 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Filter Repo
pacman95%
git-filter-repo 2.47.0-3
Quickly rewrite git repository history (filter-branch replacement)
https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo
sudo pacman -S git-filter-repo- License: MIT OR GLP-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: any
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Filter Repo
zypper95%
git-filter-repo 2.47.0-2.3
Quickly rewrite git repository history (git-filter-branch replacement)
https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo
sudo zypper install git-filter-repo- License: GPL-2.0-only OR MIT
- Category: Development/Tools/Version Control
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: git-filter-repo
- 3 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Filter Repo
MacPorts95%
git-filter-repo
sudo port install git-filter-repo- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Filter Repo
Scoop95%
main/git-filter-repo
scoop install main/git-filter-repo- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Git Filter Repo
source trail
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Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment