# Install git-xargs with Homebrew, scoop CLI for making updates across multiple Github repositories with a single command. Version 0.1.16 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:git-xargs ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install git-xargs ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/git-xargs ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/git-xargs.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:git-xargs - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.1.16 - **Source summary:** CLI for making updates across multiple Github repositories with a single command - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - git-xargs (cli) - git-xargs (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.1.16 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/gruntwork-io/git-xargs - Upstream latest detected: v0.1.16 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage git-xargs is a Gruntwork command-line tool for applying one command or script across many GitHub repositories. Its niche is organizational repository maintenance: cloning targets, running an operation, committing changes, opening pull requests, and reporting the outcome. ### Project history The project appeared as a Go CLI in Gruntwork's open source tooling around 2021, with tagged releases beginning at v0.0.1 on April 20, 2021. Its README frames the tool around repeated multi-repository jobs such as adding files, renaming products, upgrading Terraform modules, or adding CI configuration across many repositories. ### Adoption history Adoption is concentrated in teams that manage many GitHub repositories, especially infrastructure and platform groups. Package availability through Homebrew and Scoop made it easier to treat the tool as a workstation utility rather than a one-off script copied between organizations. ### How it is used Practitioners provide a command or script plus repository selectors, often an organization or a file of repositories. git-xargs then performs the repetitive GitHub workflow around that command: clone, change, commit, pull request, and summarize. ### Why package nerds care For package-manager users, git-xargs represents the small but valuable class of CLIs that automate repository hygiene at fleet scale. It is less a Git replacement than a GitHub operations multiplier. ### Timeline - 2021: First tagged releases of git-xargs. - 2021: README examples described organization-wide pull-request generation. - 2021: Homebrew installation documented alongside release binaries and Go installation. ### Related projects - Git provides the underlying repository operations. - GitHub provides the repository hosting and pull-request workflow that git-xargs automates. - Gruntwork maintains the project as part of its infrastructure-tooling ecosystem. ### 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-xargs - **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 - Scoop - main/git-xargs: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/git-xargs.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. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, git, github. - [gcli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gcli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, github, version-control. - [git-open](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-open/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, github, version-control. - [git-spice](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-spice/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, github, version-control. - [gitbackup](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitbackup/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, github, version-control. - [gitup](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitup/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [gitwatch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitwatch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [hub](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hub/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, github, version-control. - [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-workspace](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-workspace/) - 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-xargs.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/git-xargs.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 - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph