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Install git-gerrit with Homebrew, Nix

Gerrit code review helper scripts. Version 0.3.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install git-gerrit

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gerrit

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ge/gerrit/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Gerrit code review helper scripts

Commands and aliases

  • gerrit
  • gerrit-cherry-pick
  • git-gerrit

history

Project history and usage

git-gerrit is a collection of helper scripts for teams using Gerrit Code Review with Git. It wraps common review actions such as pushing changes, listing changes, applying patch sets, reviewing, submitting, and abandoning changes.

Project history

The README says the project was forked from `gerrit-tools`, which itself passed through work by André Arko, Steffen Gebert, and Philipp Gampe before Robin Zhong adapted it for the TYPO3 review workflow. The 0.1.0 line marked the fork, while 0.2.0 and 0.3.0 added patchset commands, bash completion, installation scripts, approval options, and workflow fixes.

Adoption history

The project belongs to the era when many open-source and enterprise projects used Gerrit review flows that required pushing to special refs and handling patch sets. Its adoption signal is narrow but concrete: the README names TYPO3 review needs, and Homebrew packaging made the scripts available to macOS developers.

How it is used

Practitioners use `git gerrit push` to send review changes, `git gerrit changes` to inspect review items, `git gerrit apply` to check out a change for review, and `git gerrit review` or `git gerrit submit` to complete review actions. The companion `gerrit` and `gerrit-cherry-pick` scripts wrap Gerrit SSH commands and patch cherry-picking.

Why package nerds care

git-gerrit shows how package managers carried local workflow glue for code-review systems before richer Gerrit integrations became common in IDEs and hosting platforms.

Timeline

  • 2012: Repository created on GitHub with BSD-licensed helper scripts.
  • 2012: 0.1.0 forked from earlier gerrit-tools work.
  • 2012: 0.2.0 added patchset support, bash completion, and installation scripts.
  • 2012: 0.3.0 added review-branch push behavior and approval-list options.

Related projects

  • git-gerrit descends from gerrit-tools and relates to Gerrit Code Review, Git refs-for-review workflows, and shell completion packages for Git subcommands.

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

CommandKindExposureNote
gerritcliglobal executable
gerrit-cherry-pickcliglobal executable
git-gerritcliglobal 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 version0.3.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.3.0

https://github.com/fbzhong/git-gerrit

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:git-gerrit
Version0.3.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-gerrit
Homepagehttps://github.com/fbzhong/git-gerrit
Repositoryhttps://github.com/fbzhong/git-gerrit
Upstream docshttps://github.com/fbzhong/git-gerrit#readme
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Source archivehttps://github.com/fbzhong/git-gerrit/archive/refs/tags/v0.3.0.tar.gz
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegit-gerrit
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Conflicts With
  • gerrit-tools
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.

Nix92%

gerrit

nix profile install nixpkgs#gerrit
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Gerrit
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ge/gerrit/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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 package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment