git-brunch: git checkout command-line tool
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Manual Flags
| Name | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| static | Disabled |
Use -f <flag> to enable a flag, or -f -<flag> to disable that flag. More info
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- git-brunch-1.8.0.tar.gz [browse] (Cabal source package)
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| Versions [RSS] | 1.0.0.0, 1.0.1.0, 1.0.2.0, 1.0.3.0, 1.0.4.0, 1.0.5.0, 1.0.6.0, 1.1.0.0, 1.1.2.0, 1.2.0.0, 1.3.0.0, 1.3.1.0, 1.4.0.0, 1.4.1.0, 1.4.2.0, 1.4.4.0, 1.5.0.0, 1.5.1.0, 1.6.0.0, 1.7.2.0, 1.8.0 |
|---|---|
| Dependencies | base (>=4.7 && <5), brick, containers, directory, extra, hspec, microlens, microlens-mtl, mtl, optparse-applicative, process, text, vector, vty [details] |
| License | BSD-3-Clause |
| Copyright | 2023 andys8 |
| Author | andys8 |
| Maintainer | andys8@users.noreply.github.com |
| Uploaded | by andys8 at 2026-02-28T13:51:58Z |
| Category | Git |
| Home page | https://github.com/andys8/git-brunch#readme |
| Bug tracker | https://github.com/andys8/git-brunch/issues |
| Source repo | head: git clone https://github.com/andys8/git-brunch |
| Distributions | NixOS:1.7.2.0 |
| Executables | git-brunch |
| Downloads | 6494 total (36 in the last 30 days) |
| Rating | 2.0 (votes: 1) [estimated by Bayesian average] |
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| Status | Docs not available [build log] Last success reported on 2026-02-28 [all 1 reports] |
Readme for git-brunch-1.8.0
[back to package description]git-brunch 
A git command-line tool to work with branches
Features
- Quickly checkout local or remote branch
- Merge or rebase a branch
- Search for a branch
- Delete a branch
- Fetch / Update
- Worktree support
Usage
Run git-brunch or git brunch.
Git alias (optional)
An alias like git b (or gb) is a good idea to quickly access the tool.
git config --global alias.b brunch
Installation
The installation is possible in multiple ways, and there are binaries available to download.
Download binary
- Download from releases
- Rename the file to
git-brunch - Make it executable with
chmod +x git-brunch - Add to your
PATH
Arch Linux
git-brunch is in the AUR
yay -S git-brunch
pamac install git-brunch
Homebrew (macOS)
You can install git-brunch via a Homebrew tap. This uses a prebuilt macOS binary.
brew tap andys8/tap
brew install git-brunch
macOS Security Note
Since the binary is not signed with an Apple Developer certificate, macOS might block it initially. After installation, you can run this command to allow the binary to execute:
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine $(which git-brunch)
FreeBSD
git-brunch can be installed from the official FreeBSD package repository
pkg install hs-git-brunch
Nix
git-brunch is part of the nix package manager
nix-env -i git-brunch
Stack
git-brunch can installed with the Haskell build tool stack
stack install git-brunch # --resolver=lts-lts-20.4
Install from source
git-brunch can be installed from source. It can be forked and modified, if you like to.
git clone https://github.com/andys8/git-brunch
cd git-brunch
stack install
# or nix-env -if .
Development
Run application
stack run
Run tests
stack test --file-watch
Build statically linked
stack install --flag git-brunch:static
Generate nix
cabal2nix --shell . > default.nix
Release
- Bump version in
package.yamlanddefault.nix stack build- Create a commit
v0.0.0 - Create a tag
v0.0.0 - Push commit and push tag
- Release on github will be created by CI
- Update release description
stack upload .- Update AUR