# Install git-hound with Homebrew, Nix Git plugin that prevents sensitive data from being committed. Version 1.0.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:git-hound ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install git-hound ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#git-hound ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/git-hound/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:git-hound - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.0.0 - **Source summary:** Git plugin that prevents sensitive data from being committed - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - git-hound (cli) - git-hound (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.0.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/ezekg/git-hound - Upstream latest detected: 1.0.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage git-hound is a Git plugin for preventing sensitive data from entering commits. It checks staged diffs against user-provided PCRE regular expressions before commit operations proceed. ### Project history The repository was created in November 2015 as a Go command-line plugin. Its README presents Hound as a small Git extension with precompiled release binaries, Go installation, and Homebrew installation paths. ### Adoption history git-hound fits the mid-2010s rise of local secret-scanning tools, when teams began adding pre-commit checks for passwords, database settings, tokens, and machine-specific paths. Its adoption stayed niche compared with larger scanners, but the repository attracted several hundred stars and was packaged for Homebrew and Nix. ### How it is used Practitioners run `git hound commit` to sniff staged changes before invoking `git commit`, or `git hound sniff` to scan a commit, a manual diff, a whole codebase, or repository history. The `.githound.yml` file separates warning patterns, failure patterns, and skipped filenames. ### Why package nerds care The package is interesting because it exposes Git's plugin naming convention: installing `git-hound` makes `git hound` available. It is also a compact example of pre-commit security tooling before secret scanning became a standard hosted-platform feature. ### Timeline - 2015: GitHub repository created for the Go implementation. - 2016: Several 0.5.x releases publish packaged binaries. - 2017: 0.6.x releases continue the pre-1.0 line. - 2020: 1.0.0 release published. ### Related projects - git-hound is related to Git hooks, pre-commit frameworks, and secret scanners such as git-secrets and truffleHog, all of which try to catch sensitive strings before or after they enter Git history. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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 - Unix: .githound.yml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** git-hound - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - git-hound: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/git-hound/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## 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. - [Database and data packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/database-data-tools/) - Matched database, SQL, migration, or data-store metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [detect-secrets](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/detect-secrets/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, pre-commit, secret-scanning, security. - [git-secrets](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-secrets/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, git, secret-scanning, security. - [gitleaks](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitleaks/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, git, secret-scanning, security. - [squealer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/squealer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, git, secret-scanning, security. - [tartufo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tartufo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, git, secret-scanning, security. - [kingfisher](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kingfisher/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, secret-scanning, security. - [mantra](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mantra/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, secret-scanning, security. - [git-credential-libsecret](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-credential-libsecret/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, git, security. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/git-hound.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/git-hound.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph