# 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 ```sh sudo av install brew:git-number ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install git-number ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:git-number - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.0.1 - **Source summary:** Use numbers for dealing with files in git - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** ISC - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - git-id (cli) - git-number (cli) - git-id (alias) - git-number (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.0.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/holygeek/git-number - Upstream latest detected: 1.0.1 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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 ### 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-number - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## 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. - [git-machete](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-machete/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, git-workflow. - [git-multipush](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-multipush/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, git-workflow. - [git-now](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-now/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, git-workflow. - [git-lfs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-lfs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, version-control. - [git-mediate](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-mediate/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, version-control. - [git-octopus](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-octopus/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, version-control. - [git-open](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-open/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, git-extension, version-control. - [aicommit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aicommit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/git-number.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/git-number.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph