git-branchless ☆

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Description:
High-velocity, monorepo-scale workflow for Git

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | @arxanas | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: git workflow productivity developer-tools vcs

Install: brew install git-branchless

About:
Git Branchless is a suite of tools that enhances the Git command line to support a high-velocity workflow for monorepos. It introduces an augmented commit graph that tracks your work-in-progress, making it easy to manipulate, navigate, and recover from complex Git states. The tool focuses on improving developer productivity by providing advanced status reporting and rewriting capabilities.

Key Features:

Augmented commit graph for tracking WIP
Advanced navigation and rewriting commands
Automatic garbage collection and cleanup
Comprehensive status reporting

Use Cases:

Managing complex feature branches in large repositories
Frequent rebasing and commit rewriting workflows
Recovering from Git errors and lost commits

Alternatives:

git-machete – Focuses on branch rebasing and organization, while git-branchless provides a broader workflow suite
git-branch-updater – Automates branch syncing, whereas git-branchless enhances the core commit graph

Version History

Detected	Rev	Change	Commit
May 22, 2026 10:09am	0	REVISION_ONLY	8b7d7d3b
Sep 14, 2025 10:35pm	2	VERSION_BUMP	9083d9dd
Jan 9, 2025 8:35am	2	VERSION_BUMP	f755f3cc
Jul 19, 2024 2:49pm	1	VERSION_BUMP	152326c7
Feb 14, 2024 7:22am	1	VERSION_BUMP	0302c98b
Sep 3, 2023 12:55pm	0	VERSION_BUMP	e6a0ad1f
Sep 3, 2023 5:41am	0	VERSION_BUMP	564d67ba
Aug 30, 2023 6:44pm	0	VERSION_BUMP	e001a6a9
Mar 19, 2023 11:44pm	0	VERSION_BUMP	af112b3a
Mar 19, 2023 11:44pm	0	VERSION_BUMP	53e39836
Mar 13, 2023 10:13am	1	VERSION_BUMP	9e041927
Mar 13, 2023 10:12am	1	VERSION_BUMP	5cf44d12
Mar 2, 2023 11:12am	0	VERSION_BUMP	17d70a22
Mar 2, 2023 11:12am	0	VERSION_BUMP	c17d2dd1
Mar 2, 2023 5:14am	0	VERSION_BUMP	366b3163
Mar 2, 2023 5:14am	0	VERSION_BUMP	fa42043e