# Install git-workspace with Homebrew, Nix Sync personal and work git repositories from multiple providers. Version 1.10.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:git-workspace ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install git-workspace ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#git-workspace ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/git-workspace/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:git-workspace - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.10.1 - **Source summary:** Sync personal and work git repositories from multiple providers - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:03:32-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - git-workspace (cli) - git-workspace (alias) ## Dependencies - libgit2 - libssh2 - openssl@3 ## 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: 1.10.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/orf/git-workspace - Upstream latest detected: v1.10.1 (current) ## Project history and usage git-workspace is a Rust Git extension for syncing a local projects directory with repositories from GitHub, GitLab.com, self-hosted GitLab, self-hosted GitHub, and Gitea. ### Project history Tom Forbes created the git-workspace repository in July 2019. The README presents the tool as a response to the repeated work of browsing a provider, copying clone URLs, and choosing local paths for many repositories. The project matured from a personal Rust utility into a cross-platform repository-fleet tool. Its releases added packaged binaries across operating systems, while the README documents provider configuration, archiving, fetching, listing, and shell integration. ### Adoption history git-workspace is distributed through Homebrew, Nix, AUR, GitHub release binaries, and Cargo. That packaging spread reflects its audience: developers with many personal and work repositories who want one local workspace layout across providers. ### How it is used Practitioners set GIT_WORKSPACE to the managed directory, add providers with git workspace add, store provider rules in workspace*.toml files, and export GitHub or GitLab tokens for API access. Daily use centers on update, fetch, list, archive, run, and switch-and-pull. ### Why package nerds care The tool is significant in the Git-extension ecosystem because it treats repository layout itself as state to reconcile. It sits between a simple clone script and a full developer-environment manager. ### Timeline - 2019: Repository created. - 2022: v1.0.0 release provided packaged binaries. - 2024: v1.5.0 release continued the cross-platform release line. ### Related projects - GitHub GraphQL API, GitLab API, Gitea, fzf, Homebrew, Nix, AUR ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## 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: $GIT_WORKSPACE/workspace*.toml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** git-workspace - **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-workspace: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/git-workspace/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. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [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. - [libgit2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libgit2/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - 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. - [aicommit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aicommit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [aicommit2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aicommit2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [aicommits](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aicommits/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [braid](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/braid/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [cig](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cig/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [codeberg-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/codeberg-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [commitizen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/commitizen/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [commitlint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/commitlint/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [git-series](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-series/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, control, developer, developer-tools, git. - [git-get](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-get/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, control, developer, developer-tools, git. - [git-trim](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-trim/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, control, developer, developer-tools, git. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/git-workspace.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/git-workspace.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