VirtusLab/git-machete

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1137 stars · 69 forks observed · 2026-09-01

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

git-machete is a CLI tool that organizes git repositories by managing stacked branches and automating rebase/merge/push/pull workflows. It provides a bird's-eye view of branch topology and semi-automatically traverses branches to keep them in sync.

Use cases

• manage stacked git branches with rebases
• keep multiple topic branches in sync with develop
• automate rebase and push across a branch tree
• see which branches are ahead or behind their upstream
• maintain small easy-to-review pull requests
• traverse branches to rebase merge push and pull semi-automatically

When to choose

• you work with stacked branches or long-lived topic branches
• you want a clear overview of branch relationships in a complex repository
• you frequently rebase and want to automate the repetitive parts
• you want smaller, focused pull requests

When to avoid

• you only use simple single-branch or trunk-based workflows
• you prefer GUI-based git tooling (though an IntelliJ plugin exists)
• you need a graphical git history visualizer

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

developer-tools cli workflow-automation version-control developer-tools version-control cli cross-platform python git rebase merge branch-management pull-request-workflow command-line

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