# Install gitup with Homebrew, MacPorts Update multiple git repositories at once. Version 0.5.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-09. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:gitup ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gitup ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install GitUp ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/GitUp/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:gitup - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.5.2 - **Source summary:** Update multiple git repositories at once - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-09T09:34:56Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - gitup (cli) - gitup (alias) ## Dependencies - python@3.14 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.5.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-09 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/earwig/git-repo-updater - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage gitup, also named git-repo-updater in its repository, is a Python command-line tool for updating many Git repositories in one run. Its history is unusually long for a small Git helper, beginning in 2011 and continuing through Python and Git ecosystem changes. ### Project history The project began in 2011. Its README says it was originally created to manage a large collection of projects and deal with sporadic internet access, a very practical origin for a tool that fetches and fast-forwards many repositories. The changelog shows steady evolution around Git safety and portability. Version 0.2 rewrote the backend to use GitPython instead of direct shell calls, version 0.3 added Python 3 support and safer fast-forward-only branch updating, and version 0.5 added recursion-depth control for discovering repositories in directories. After a long 0.5.x line, version 0.5.2 in June 2025 added Python 3.13 support, dropped end-of-life Python versions, and switched project management to uv. That release kept the small utility aligned with newer Python packaging practice. ### Adoption history gitup's adoption is package-manager practical rather than hype-driven. It is installable from uv, pipx, pip, Homebrew, and MacPorts, and PyPI metadata points back to the GitHub repository, changelog, and issue tracker. Homebrew carries it as a stable formula for users who maintain many checkouts on macOS or Linux. The tool remains valuable in environments where a developer, sysadmin, or package maintainer has many cloned repositories and wants predictable fetch or fast-forward behavior without writing a local shell loop. ### How it is used Practitioners pass one or more repository paths, pass a directory to discover repositories below it, or save paths as bookmarks. Running `gitup` without arguments updates bookmarked repositories, while options such as `--depth`, `--fetch-only`, and `--prune` tune how much discovery and branch updating happens. The README emphasizes safety around dirty worktrees, diverged branches, detached HEADs, multiple remotes, and branches that cannot be fast-forwarded. That makes the tool useful for routine maintenance of many clones without forcing merges or rebases. ### Why package nerds care gitup is the sort of unglamorous tool package managers preserve because it solves a real local-maintenance problem. It turns a common package maintainer habit, checking every repository before work, into one command with guardrails. ### Timeline - 2011: v0.1 initial release. - 2014: v0.2 rewrote the backend around GitPython. - 2015: v0.3 added Python 3 support and safer fast-forward behavior. - 2018: v0.5 added repository discovery depth control. - 2025: v0.5.2 added Python 3.13 support and uv-based project management. ### Related projects - GitPython. - uv, pipx, pip, Homebrew, and MacPorts packaging workflows. - Git maintenance scripts for multi-repository workspaces. ### Sources - - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for gitup. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** gitup - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 2 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - MacPorts - GitUp: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/GitUp/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/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. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [git-get](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-get/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management, version-control. - [git-grab](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-grab/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management, version-control. - [gitbatch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitbatch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management, version-control. - [all-repos](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/all-repos/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management. - [mani](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mani/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, git, repository-management. - [gh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [git-archive-all](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-archive-all/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, python, version-control. - [git-big-picture](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-big-picture/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, python, version-control. - [grokmirror](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/grokmirror/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, control, developer, developer-tools, git. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gitup.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/gitup.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