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Install git-tracker with Homebrew

Integrate Pivotal Tracker into your Git workflow. Version 2.0.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install git-tracker

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Integrate Pivotal Tracker into your Git workflow

Commands and aliases

  • git-tracker

history

Project history and usage

git-tracker is a Git hook helper for teams that name branches with Pivotal Tracker story numbers. It installs a prepare-commit-msg hook that detects a story ID in the branch name and adds the corresponding Tracker syntax to commit messages.

Project history

The upstream git_tracker repository was created in 2012 by Steven Harman. Its README presents the tool as GitTracker or git-tracker, a small workflow bridge between local Git branches and Pivotal Tracker's commit-message conventions.

Adoption history

Adoption appears concentrated around Ruby and macOS/Homebrew users rather than a broad Git ecosystem. The project is published as the git_tracker RubyGem and as the git-tracker Homebrew formula, both pointing back to the same GitHub source repository.

How it is used

Practitioners install the binary, run `git tracker init` inside each repository where the hook should be active, and include a Pivotal Tracker story number in branch names. On commit, the hook adds a Tracker-formatted story marker, or a keyword such as Fixes with the story number, unless the message already contains the marker.

Why package nerds care

The package is a compact example of Git's extension culture: a Ruby-distributed tool exposed as a `git tracker` subcommand, with most behavior implemented by installing a standard Git hook into each repository.

Timeline

  • 2012: git_tracker repository created.
  • 2.0.0: RubyGems and Homebrew package the tool under git_tracker and git-tracker names.

Related projects

  • git-tracker is tied to Git hooks, Pivotal Tracker's source-control message syntax, RubyGems packaging, and Homebrew distribution.

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.

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-trackercliglobal 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 generated2026-07-26
manager version2.0.0
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv2.0.0

https://github.com/stevenharman/git_tracker

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:git-tracker
Version2.0.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-tracker
Homepagehttps://github.com/stevenharman/git_tracker
Repositoryhttps://github.com/stevenharman/git_tracker
Upstream docshttps://github.com/stevenharman/git-tracker#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/stevenharman/git_tracker/archive/refs/tags/v2.0.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-22T14:03:32-07:00
Pulseupdated
Uses from macOSruby
Bottleavailable (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-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

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

package graph

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

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  • git-extrasShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, workflow.
  • git-flowShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, workflow.

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