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Install git-number with Homebrew

Use numbers for dealing with files in git. Version 1.0.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install git-number

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Use numbers for dealing with files in git

Commands and aliases

  • git-id
  • git-number

history

Project history and usage

git-number is a Git command-line helper that assigns numeric IDs to files shown by git status, then lets the user pass those numbers back into Git commands. Its README describes the tool as a productivity aid for repetitive staging, diffing, editing, and file-selection tasks.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created on 2011-03-24. The README records an implementation transition: an original Perl version was preserved on a separate branch, while the maintained implementation was rewritten in Go.

Adoption history

git-number became a recognizable niche utility in the Git-extension ecosystem, with GitHub metadata showing a few hundred public stars and Homebrew packaging making it available to users who prefer package-manager installs. Its README also points to scm_breeze as a related, broader shell workflow project.

How it is used

Users run git number to print git status with numbered file entries, then run commands such as git number add, git number diff, or git number -c rm with individual IDs or ranges. The tool stores its number-to-file mapping under .git/gitids.go.txt, which keeps the mapping local to the repository.

Why package nerds care

The package is a compact example of a Git porcelain wrapper that trades strict parser guarantees for terminal speed. Its README is unusually explicit about edge cases, including rename handling and columnar untracked-file output, making it useful to people who care about how CLI wrappers survive changes in Git output.

Timeline

  • 2011: Repository was created on GitHub.
  • 2014: 1.0.0a tag marked the Go-era package line.
  • 2017: 1.0.1 tag followed with later maintenance.

Related projects

  • scm_breeze
  • git status
  • Git aliases

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
git-idcliglobal executable
git-numbercliglobal 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 version1.0.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected1.0.1

https://github.com/holygeek/git-number

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

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:git-number
Version1.0.1
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-number
Homepagehttps://github.com/holygeek/git-number
Repositoryhttps://github.com/holygeek/git-number
Upstream docshttps://github.com/holygeek/git-number#readme
LicenseISC
Source archivehttps://github.com/holygeek/git-number/archive/refs/tags/1.0.1.tar.gz
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegit-number
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Same workflow

  • git-macheteShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, git-workflow.
  • git-multipushShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, git-workflow.
  • git-nowShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, git-workflow.
  • git-lfsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, version-control.
  • git-mediateShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, version-control.
  • git-octopusShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, version-control.

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
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment