# nvie/git-toolbelt

A suite of useful Git commands that aid with scripting or every day command line usage

Repository: https://github.com/nvie/git-toolbelt
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/git-toolbelt
Language: Shell
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-06-09T20:53:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 86, release rhythm 60, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4752, "days_push": 85, "days_rel": 104, "gap_med": 132.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1411, forks 121 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:38.993902+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of shell-based Git helper commands that simplify everyday Git usage and scripting. It adds subcommands like git-cleanup, git-fixup, and git-workon on top of standard Git.

## Use cases
- clean up merged local git branches
- quickly fix up a previous commit
- script checks for whether a git repo is dirty
- list active or recent git branches
- undo a commit or merge safely

## When to choose
- you use Git heavily from the command line and want convenient shortcuts
- you write shell scripts that need simple Git state checks
- you want easy branch cleanup and fixup workflows

## When to avoid
- you prefer GUI Git clients
- you need a single binary rather than shell scripts requiring GNU coreutils
- you only need features already built into modern Git

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, cli, version-control
- domain: developer-tools, version-control
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: git, shell, git-commands, scripting-helpers, command-line, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- nvie/git-toolbelt (main) score 80

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:38.993902+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:38:25.203206+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nvie/git-toolbelt (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:38.993902+00:00, sha 0784b5988e94)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.