Automic VaultAutomic Vault

brew

Install git-fresh with Homebrew

Utility to keep git repos fresh. Version 1.13.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-18.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install git-fresh

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Utility to keep git repos fresh

Commands and aliases

  • git-fresh

history

Project history and usage

git-fresh is a small Git maintenance command by Ivan Malopinsky for updating a repository's root branch, pruning remotes, stashing changes, and removing stale local or remote branches.

Project history

The repository began in August 2015 as a compact shell utility around recurring Git cleanup tasks. Its README describes the default behavior as updating the local root branch from the remote root, stashing changes, and pruning remote branches, with optional flags for stale-branch deletion, rebasing or merging a selected branch, tag cleanup, workspace wiping, and stash clearing.

Adoption history

Reliable public history for git-fresh is thin, but the README documents Homebrew, bpkg, and AUR installation paths, plus manual installation on Linux, macOS, and Windows. That places the tool in the tradition of personal Git subcommands that reached package managers because the workflow was useful enough to share.

How it is used

Practitioners run `git fresh` when returning to a repository and wanting to synchronize the root branch, prune remote-tracking branches, and optionally clean stale branches or tags. The `.freshignore` file, either in the repository or home directory, lets users protect branch names from cleanup.

Why package nerds care

The package is niche but practical: it bundles a handful of maintenance commands into one executable and exposes a tiny ignore-file convention. Its significance is local-workstation ergonomics rather than broad ecosystem influence.

Timeline

  • 2015: The repository began with an initial commit.
  • 2015: Early 1.x tags established the command-line utility.
  • Later releases: Homebrew, bpkg, and AUR installation paths were documented.

Related projects

  • git-fresh is related to Git's fetch, pull, prune, stash, rebase, branch deletion, and tag cleanup commands.

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.

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
.freshignore~/.freshignore

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
git-freshcliglobal 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 version1.13.0
manager updated2026-06-18
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.13.0

https://github.com/imsky/git-fresh

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:git-fresh
Version1.13.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-fresh
Homepagehttps://github.com/imsky/git-fresh
Repositoryhttps://github.com/imsky/git-fresh
Upstream docshttps://github.com/imsky/git-fresh#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/imsky/git-fresh/archive/refs/tags/v1.13.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-18T09:25:51+09:00
Pulseupdated
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegit-fresh
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

package graph

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

Same workflow

  • git-extrasShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extensions, version-control.
  • git-flowShares 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.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

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
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment