Awesome Git Add-ons

Category: Themed Directories
Brand: GitHub
Website: https://github.com/stevemao/awesome-git-addons#readme

A curated directory of add-ons and extensions that extend and enhance the Git command-line interface. The list aggregates many third‑party tools to improve workflows around branching, history inspection, collaboration, statistics, and more.

Note: Some listed commands may require post‑install scripts or manual alias configuration before they work.

Features

General

• Curated list focused specifically on Git CLI extensions.
• Organised table of contents covering a wide range of tools and use‑cases.
• Includes notes where certain commands may need extra setup (post-install scripts, alias configuration).

Example Listed Add-ons

git-extras

A collection of useful Git utilities that add higher‑level commands.

Key commands shown in the content include:

• git squash

  • Squash multiple commits into a single one, by branch name, commit hash, or relative reference.
  • Example usage:
    • git squash fixed-cursor-styling "Fixed cursor styling"
    • git squash 95b7c52
    • git squash HEAD~3

• git summary

  • Display a high‑level summary of the repository, including:
    • Project name
    • Repository age
    • Number of active days
    • Total commits
    • Number of files
    • Author list with commit counts and percentages
  • Example output:
    • project : git
    • repo age : 10 years
    • active : 11868 days
    • commits : 40530
    • files : 2825
    • authors : followed by author stats

• git line-summary

  • Show per‑author statistics based on lines of code instead of commits.
  • Reports:
    • Project name
    • Total lines
    • Authors with line counts and percentages
  • Example output:
    • project : gulp
    • lines : 3900
    • Author line counts and percentages

• git effort

  • Display effort metrics per file:
    • Number of commits touching each file
    • Number of active days for each file
  • Example output columns:
    • file
    • commits
    • active days

Other Tools Listed (by category names)

(Details for these are not in the provided snippet but are part of the directory’s table of contents.)

• Workflow and branching helpers: Git Flow, Git Town, Legit, git-branchcut, git-project
• Collaboration and GitHub integration: Hub, Git My, Git Url
• Deployment and automation: Git Deploy
• Time and activity tracking: Git Cal, git-standup, git-spend
• Hooks and automation: Git Hooks
• Merge and history tools: Git Imerge, git-interactive-rebase-tool, git revise, filter-repo, git-jump
• Issue and task helpers: Git Issue, git-hound, git-recall
• Large files and storage: Git Large File Storage (Git LFS)
• Commit, diff, and blame enhancements: Git When Merged, Git Playback, Git Branch Status, Git Open, Recursive Blame, Git Hyper Blame, Git Word Blame, Diff So Fancy, git-fixup, git-fiddle, git-recent
• Security and secrets: Git Secret, Git Secrets, git-exfiltrate
• Statistics and analytics: Git Stats, git-spend
• Identity, profiles, and signatures: Git Signatures, Git Profile, git-user
• Misc and utilities: Git Up, Git Now, Git Plus, Git Test, Git Ink, Git Fire, Git Town, git-fs, Git Hound, git-fresh, Git Url, Commitizen, git-some, git-branchcut, git-spend

(For full descriptions of each tool, refer directly to the GitHub directory page.)

Pricing

• This is an open-source curated list; access to the directory itself is free.
• Individual tools listed may have their own licenses or pricing models, which must be checked per tool.