# Install sugarjar with Homebrew, apt, dnf Helper utility for a better Git/GitHub experience. Version 3.0.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:sugarjar ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install sugarjar ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install sugarjar ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: sugarjar from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install sugarjar ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sugarjar from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:sugarjar - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.0.1 - **Source summary:** Helper utility for a better Git/GitHub experience - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-19T18:44:54Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - sj (cli) - sj (alias) ## Dependencies - gh - glab - ruby ## Uses from macOS - libffi ## 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: 3.0.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-19 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/jaymzh/sugarjar - Upstream latest detected: v3.0.1 (current) ## Project history and usage SugarJar is a Ruby command-line helper for Git plus GitHub and GitLab workflows, installed as `sj`. It belongs to the tradition of developer workflow wrappers that package managers carry because they encode a maintainer's preferred Git hygiene into a reproducible CLI. ### Project history The official README says SugarJar is inspired by Arcanist and Facebook's JellyFish, bringing features from Phabricator-style workflows to GitHub. Its focus is practical repository work: smarter clones, branch cleanup, stacked branches, smart pull requests, pre-push checks, and safer force-push behavior. The official changelog records a 1.0.0 release in October 2023, later 2.x releases that removed `hub` support and required Ruby 3.2, and 3.x releases adding GitLab use cases. ### Adoption history The Homebrew input records SugarJar in Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, and Ubuntu package sets. That is modest but meaningful adoption for a personal workflow tool: it has escaped a single checkout and become something downstream packagers can build and ship. ### How it is used SugarJar's README documents commands such as `sj smartclone`, `sj bclean`, `sj smartlog`, `sj smartpush`, and `sj fpush`. It wraps common Git and forge operations while relying on standard tools such as Ruby, `git`, `gh`, or `glab`. ### Why package nerds care Package nerds care about SugarJar because it shows a common packaging pattern: a small opinionated wrapper around ubiquitous tools. Its value is not replacing Git, but standardizing repeated contributor tasks enough that users want it installed from the same package manager as Git itself. ### Timeline - 2020: Changelog entries show early 0.0.x development with smart pull-request and branch-cleanup features. - 2023: Version 1.0.0 adds feature-prefix support and defaults to the GitHub CLI. - 2024: Version 1.1.1 relaxes Ruby requirements for easier packaging. - 2025: Version 2.x removes `hub` support and requires Ruby 3.2 or later. - 2026: Version 3.x adds GitLab support. ### Related projects - The README names Arcanist and JellyFish as inspirations, and documents `gh` and `glab` as forge CLI dependencies. ### Sources - Input package-manager data: source_facts.package-manager - Official README: https://github.com/jaymzh/sugarjar#readme - Official changelog: https://github.com/jaymzh/sugarjar/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md - Official releases: https://github.com/jaymzh/sugarjar/releases ## 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:** sugarjar - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - sugarjar - 2.0.1-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sugarjar from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Git/GitHub helper script | https://github.com/jaymzh/sugarjar - Ubuntu apt - sugarjar - 1.1.1-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sugarjar from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Git/GitHub helper script | https://github.com/jaymzh/sugarjar - dnf - sugarjar - 3.0.0-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sugarjar from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A git/github helper utility | http://www.github.com/jaymzh/sugarjar ## 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. - [gh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gh/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [glab](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glab/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ruby](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ruby/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gcli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gcli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, github, version-control. - [hub](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hub/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, github, version-control. - [braid](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/braid/) - 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. - [dura](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dura/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [git-branchless](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-branchless/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [git-cinnabar](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-cinnabar/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [git-open](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-open/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, control, developer, developer-tools, git. - [git-xargs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-xargs/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, control, developer, developer-tools, git. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/sugarjar.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/sugarjar.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