# Install git-game with Homebrew Game for git to guess who made which commit. Version 1.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:git-game ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install git-game ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:git-game - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.3 - **Source summary:** Game for git to guess who made which commit - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-10T07:20:53+00:00 ## Executables - git-game (cli) - git-game (alias) ## Uses from macOS - ruby ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-10 - Package-manager version: 1.3 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/jsomers/git-game - Upstream latest detected: 1.3 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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 Notes 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:** git-game - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Game and emulation packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/game-emulation-tools/) - Matched game or emulation metadata. - [gittype](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gittype/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, games. - [allureofthestars](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/allureofthestars/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game, games. - [angband](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/angband/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game, games. - [avanor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/avanor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game, games. - [ballerburg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ballerburg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game, games. - [bastet](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bastet/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game, games. - [brogue](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/brogue/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game, games. - [cataclysm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cataclysm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game, games. - [git-when-merged](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-when-merged/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, commit, commit-history, developer, developer-tools. - [git-cliff](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/git-cliff/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, commit, developer, developer-tools, git. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/git-game.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/git-game.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph