gg

Git with less typing

Installation

Prerequisites

You must have a moderately recent copy of Git installed in your PATH to run gg. gg is tested against Git 2.17.1 and newer. Older versions may work, but are not supported.

Binaries

The latest release is 1.3.1, which was released on . Pre-built binaries are available for Linux, Windows, and macOS.

Linux

Binary packages are available for all Linux systems via Nix:

nix-env -iA nixpkgs.gg-scm

or a binary can be downloaded from the latest GitHub release and place it in your PATH.

Windows

Download and run the .msi installer file from the latest GitHub release. Package manager integration is coming soon.

macOS

gg can be installed from Homebrew:

brew install gg-scm/gg/gg

or Nix:

nix-env -iA nixpkgs.gg-scm

or a binary can be downloaded from the latest GitHub release and place it in your PATH.

Source

If you are using an operating system that Go and Git support but there isn’t a gg binary available, you can try building from source.

What’s Next?

After installing gg, the Working Locally guide will show you how to use the basic commands.