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Install git-game with Homebrew
Game for git to guess who made which commit. Version 1.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Additional install commands
overview
Package summary
Game for git to guess who made which commit
Project links
Commands and aliases
- git-game
history
Project history and usage
git-game is a small Ruby command-line game that turns a Git repository's commit history into a guessing game. Players inspect commit messages and guess which team member authored each commit.
Project history
The repository was created in 2015 and shipped a 1.0 GitHub release the same day. Its README presents the project as a lightweight social game for teams, with Homebrew installation, a standalone executable release, normal and hard difficulty modes, and support for filtering commits with git-log options.
Adoption history
Adoption appears niche and recreational rather than infrastructure-oriented. Homebrew packaging made it easy for macOS users to install, but the project remained a small utility centered on team culture and commit-history familiarity.
How it is used
Practitioners run `git game` inside an existing repository. The tool samples commits, shows commit messages, and lets the player build a streak by guessing authors; options such as `--hard` and git-log filters narrow or change the challenge.
Why package nerds care
git-game is significant as an example of Git's porcelain-extension culture: any executable named `git-*` can become a `git foo` command, even when the result is a team game rather than a development workflow.
Timeline
- 2015: Repository and 1.0 release appeared on GitHub.
- 2015: 1.1 and 1.2 releases followed in the same launch period.
- 2023: 1.3 release refreshed the packaged version line.
Related projects
- git-game relates to git-log, commit analytics toys, and Git subcommand wrappers distributed through Homebrew.
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-game | 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 generated2026-07-10
manager version1.3
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected1.3
https://github.com/jsomers/git-game
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:git-game |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-game |
| Homepage | https://github.com/jsomers/git-game |
| Repository | https://github.com/jsomers/git-game |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/jsomers/git-game#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/jsomers/git-game/archive/refs/tags/1.3.tar.gz |
| Uses from macOS | ruby |
| 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-game |
| 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 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.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment