# Install git-xet with Homebrew, Nix, scoop, winget Git LFS plugin that uploads and downloads using the Xet protocol. Version 0.2.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:git-xet ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install git-xet ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#git-xet ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/git-xet/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/git-xet ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/git-xet.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id HuggingFace.Git-Xet -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: HuggingFace.Git-Xet from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:git-xet - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.2.1 - **Source summary:** Git LFS plugin that uploads and downloads using the Xet protocol - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00 ## Executables - git-xet (cli) - git-xet (alias) ## Dependencies - git-lfs - 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: 2026-07-09 - Package-manager version: 0.2.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/huggingface/xet-core - Upstream latest detected: git-xet-v0.2.1 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage Git Xet is the Git extension and Git LFS-compatible command-line entry point for Xet storage. It sits at the boundary between ordinary Git workflows and Hugging Face's Xet-backed storage for large model and dataset files. ### Project history Xet originated in the XetHub storage work later acquired by Hugging Face in August 2024. The Hugging Face xet-core repository adapted that technology into Rust crates, Python bindings, and the git-xet binary, with public git-xet tags beginning at git-xet-v0.1.0 in 2025. ### Adoption history The tool's adoption is tied to Hugging Face Hub storage. Hugging Face documentation describes Xet as replacing Git LFS for Hub storage needs while preserving Git-style pointer files and ordinary repository workflows for large binary artifacts. ### How it is used Practitioners install Git Xet, run git xet install, and then use normal Git add, commit, and push flows against Hugging Face repositories. The extension invokes the Xet protocol under the hood so only changed chunks of large files need to move. ### Why package nerds care git-xet matters to package nerds because it packages a storage backend transition as a Git extension. Homebrew, Nix, Scoop, and winget entries make an ML storage protocol feel like a regular developer-machine dependency. ### Timeline - 2024: Hugging Face acquired XetHub. - 2025: xet-core published git-xet release tags. - 2025: Hugging Face documentation described Git Xet as the Git path into Xet-backed Hub storage. ### Related projects - xet-core provides the Rust client technology. - hf-xet and huggingface_hub provide the Python path into the same storage system. - Git LFS remains a compatibility reference point for pointer-file workflows. ### 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/config, ~/.gitconfig, ~/.config/git/config, /etc/gitconfig ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** git-xet - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - git-xet: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/git-xet/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/git-xet: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/git-xet.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - HuggingFace.Git-Xet: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: HuggingFace.Git-Xet from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## 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. - [git-lfs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-lfs/) - 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. - [braid](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/braid/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control. - [breezy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/breezy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control. - [codeberg-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/codeberg-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control. - [cvs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cvs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control. - [cvs-fast-export](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cvs-fast-export/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control. - [cvsutils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cvsutils/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control. - [cvsync](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cvsync/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control. - [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, extension. - [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. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/git-xet.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/git-xet.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