git-tools

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "Git Tools\n=========\n\nAssorted git-related scripts and tools\n\n\nRequirements\n------------\n\n- **Git** (duh!). Tested in v2.17.1 and prior versions since 2010\n- **Python** (for `git-restore-mtime`). Requires Python 3.8 or later\n- **Bash** (for all other tools). Tested in Bash 4, some may work in Bash 3 or even `sh`\n\nBash and Python are already installed by default in virtually all GNU/Linux distros.\nAnd you probably already have Git if you are interested in these tools.\nIf needed, the command to install dependencies for Debian-like distros (like Ubuntu/Mint) is:\n\n\tsudo apt install bash python3 git\n\nInstallation\n------------\n\nFor [Debian](https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/git-mestrelion-tools),\n[Ubuntu](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git-mestrelion-tools),\nLinuxMint, and their derivatives, in official repositories as `git-restore-mtime`:\n\n\tsudo apt install git-restore-mtime\n\nFor [Fedora](https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/git-tools)\nand in EPEL repository for CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Oracle Linux and others, as root:\n\n\tdnf install git-tools  # \u0027yum\u0027 if using older CentOS/RHEL releases\n\n[Gentoo](https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/dev-vcs/git-tools) and Funtoo, also as root:\n\n\temerge dev-vcs/git-tools\n\nArch Linux [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/git-tools-git):\n\nFollow the [AUR instructions](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_User_Repository#Installing_and_upgrading_packages) to build and install a package from the user contributed PKGBUILD or use your favorite AUR helper. Note this is a recipie for a VCS package that installs the latest Git HEAD as of the time you build the package, not the latest stable taggged version.\n\n[Homebrew](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-tools):\n\n\tbrew install git-tools\n\n[MacPorts](https://ports.macports.org/port/git-tools/details/):\n\n\tsudo port install git-tools\n\nAlso available in Kali Linux, MidnightBDS _mports_, Mageia, and possibly other distributions.\n\n[GitHub Actions](https://github.com/marketplace/acti",
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