# Install git-interactive-rebase-tool with Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, scoop Native sequence editor for Git interactive rebase. Version 2.4.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:git-interactive-rebase-tool ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install git-interactive-rebase-tool ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install git-interactive-rebase-tool ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/git-interactive-rebase-tool/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add git-interactive-rebase-tool ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: git-interactive-rebase-tool from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install git-interactive-rebase-tool ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: git-interactive-rebase-tool from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#git-interactive-rebase-tool ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/git-interactive-rebase-tool/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/git-interactive-rebase-tool ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/git-interactive-rebase-tool.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:git-interactive-rebase-tool - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.4.1 - **Source summary:** Native sequence editor for Git interactive rebase - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:03:31-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - interactive-rebase-tool (cli) - interactive-rebase-tool (alias) ## Dependencies - libgit2 ## Build dependencies - pkgconf - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.4.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/MitMaro/git-interactive-rebase-tool - Upstream latest detected: 2.4.1 (current) ## Project history and usage Git Interactive Rebase Tool is a Rust terminal sequence editor for `git rebase -i`. It replaces the plain text todo-file edit step with a keyboard-driven interface for changing actions, reordering commits, inspecting diffs, and writing the rebase plan back to Git. ### Project history Maro Miguel published the repository in December 2016 and released version 0.1.0 the next day. The changelog records a rapid early rewrite in version 0.2.0, followed by scrolling, man-page, color, exec-action, and configuration work through the 0.x line. The project reached 1.0.0 in April 2019 with Unicode support and overflow handling. Version 2.0.0 in January 2021 was a larger terminal rewrite, replacing Curses with Crossterm while adding commit diff views, richer key handling, external-editor error handling, and improved macOS color support. ### Adoption history The README and install guide show the tool moving beyond a Rust crate into ordinary package-manager channels: release binaries and packages for Debian-style and RPM systems, Homebrew on macOS, Cargo, and community packages for Alpine, Arch, Fedora, FreeBSD, Guix, Chocolatey, and Scoop. That packaging spread made it usable as a daily Git sequence editor without asking users to build Rust code by hand. ### How it is used Users configure Git with `git config --global sequence.editor interactive-rebase-tool`, then run ordinary interactive rebases. Inside the tool they set actions such as pick, squash, fixup, edit, reword, and drop; reorder lines; select multiple commits; inspect commit summaries and diffs; toggle break actions; and write or abort the todo file. The tool also supports direct invocation on a rebase todo file and temporary overrides through `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR`, which makes it fit both persistent personal Git configuration and one-off rebase sessions. ### Why package nerds care For package nerds, it is a good example of a single-purpose Rust CLI gaining cross-platform distribution by respecting Git's existing sequence-editor hook. It avoids replacing Git's rebase machinery; it improves the one user-facing edit surface that Git deliberately delegates. ### Timeline - 2016: Public repository created and 0.1.0 released. - 2019: 1.0.0 added Unicode and overflow support. - 2021: 2.0.0 replaced Curses with Crossterm and expanded diff and keybinding support. - 2024: 2.4.0 added NO_COLOR support and post-modified-line exec command support. ### Related projects - The tool relates directly to Git's built-in interactive rebase and `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` interface. It also overlaps with editor-specific Git workflows, but keeps the core interaction inside a portable terminal UI. ### 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-interactive-rebase-tool - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 4 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - git-interactive-rebase-tool: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/git-interactive-rebase-tool/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - git-interactive-rebase-tool - 2.4.1-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: git-interactive-rebase-tool from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Terminal based sequence editor for interactive rebase | https://gitrebasetool.mitmaro.ca - apk - git-interactive-rebase-tool-doc - 2.4.1-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: git-interactive-rebase-tool-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Terminal based sequence editor for interactive rebase (documentation) | https://gitrebasetool.mitmaro.ca - dnf - git-interactive-rebase-tool - 2.4.1-15.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: git-interactive-rebase-tool from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Full-featured terminal-based sequence editor for Git interactive rebase | https://crates.io/crates/git-interactive-rebase-tool - MacPorts - git-interactive-rebase-tool: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/git-interactive-rebase-tool/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/git-interactive-rebase-tool: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/git-interactive-rebase-tool.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/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. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [libgit2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libgit2/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [committed](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/committed/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, rust, version-control. - [garden](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/garden/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, rust, version-control. - [ggc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ggc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, terminal-ui, version-control. - [git-grab](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-grab/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, rust, version-control. - [git-graph](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-graph/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, rust, version-control. - [gitbatch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitbatch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, terminal-ui, version-control. - [gitoxide](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitoxide/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, rust, version-control. - [gitu](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitu/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, rust, terminal-ui. - [git-branchless](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-branchless/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. 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