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Install git-hooks-go with Homebrew
Git hooks manager. Version 1.3.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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overview
Package summary
Git hooks manager
Project links
Commands and aliases
- git-hooks
history
Project history and usage
git-hooks is a Go-based manager for Git hooks. It provides the `git hooks` command and organizes client-side hooks into project, user, global, and semi scopes.
Project history
The project was created on GitHub in November 2014 and describes itself as rewritten from icefox/git-hooks with extra features. Its own history file records a 1.0.0 release in November 2014, and later GitHub releases added update, installation, and configuration improvements.
Adoption history
git-hooks belongs to the older wave of hook managers that tried to make Git's local hook mechanism shareable before tools such as pre-commit became widespread. Its adoption signal is modest but real: the repository has several hundred stars, package-manager coverage through Homebrew, and a GitHub Pages manual that documents project, user, and system-wide hook scopes.
How it is used
Practitioners install the `git-hooks` binary, run `git hooks install` inside a repository, and place hook scripts in structured directories such as `githooks/pre-commit`. The tool can also read `githooks.json` for community hook repositories and uses Git system configuration for global hook directories.
Why package nerds care
The package matters as a small Git subcommand with configuration spread across repository files and Git config. For packagers, the `git-hooks-go` formula name avoids collision with generic hook terminology while exposing the executable as `git-hooks`.
Timeline
- 2014: GitHub repository created and 1.0.0 history entry recorded.
- 2015: Early releases fix repository detection and installation behavior.
- 2019: Release v1.2.0 adds SSH protocol support in `githooks.json`.
- 2020: Release v1.3.1 adds `hooks.global` support in user config.
Related projects
- git-hooks is descended from icefox/git-hooks and occupies the same space as other Git hook managers that standardize local pre-commit, commit-msg, and related hook workflows.
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 13 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
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
githooks.json/etc/gitconfig/usr/local/etc/gitconfig
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
git-hooks | 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 version1.3.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.3.1
https://github.com/git-hooks/git-hooks
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:git-hooks-go |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.3.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-hooks-go |
| Homepage | https://git-hooks.github.io/git-hooks |
| Repository | https://github.com/git-hooks/git-hooks |
| Upstream docs | https://git-hooks.github.io/git-hooks |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/git-hooks/git-hooks/archive/refs/tags/v1.3.1.tar.gz |
| Build dependencies | go |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | git-hooks-go |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| 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 configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment