Legit is a simple command line tool that helps to manage your project repositories. It takes care of creating, deleting, and switching between branches. A Python script that wraps Git, it is designed to be used as a standalone tool, but it can also be used via Git aliases.

It is inspired by GitHub for Mac, which is a great tool for managing Git repositories. Legit aims to bring the same level of ease to the command line.

This is a fairly old project, created in 2011. I’ve been using it for a while now and it has saved me a lot of time.

Installation

To install legit, you can use the following command:

$ uv pip install legit

If you’re on a Mac, you can also use Homebrew:

$ brew install legit

Usage

First, you have to install the git aliases:

$ legit --install

Syncronizes the given branch. Defaults to current branch. Stash, Fetch, Auto-Merge/Rebase, Push, and Unstash:

$ git sync

Publish a specified branch to the remote.

$ git publish

Removes specified branch from the remote.

$ git unpublish

Undos the last commit.

$ git undo

Get a nice pretty list of available branches.

$ git branches

Note: All of the above commands are aliases for legit commands.

Further Notes

Many thanks to Frost Ming for maintaining this project.

• https://github.com/frostming/legit
• https://pypi.org/project/legit/

Enjoy!