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git-fire
One command to back up every Git repo you have; and more!
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One command to back up every Git repo you have; and more!
42 followers
One command to back up every Git repo you have. Discovers repos, auto-commits dirty work, and pushes backup branches — safely. 🔥 Dry-run first, push second · 🔥 Streaming pipeline — backup starts before scan finishes · 🔥 Secret detection before any auto-commit · 🔥 No force-push · 🔥 Plugin support · 🔥 Structured logs, 250+ tests · 🔥 Bubble Tea TUI with fire animation Built from the old "in case of fire: git commit, git push, leave building" meme. Rebuilt properly. Beta. MIT.
git-fire
Hey PH! I'm Ben.
Why I built git-fire:
I've been wanting this tool to exist for a long time — and when I finally had the time to build it properly, I picked up Go to do it. First real Go project. I'm proud of how it turned out.
The idea is simple: one command that finds every local git repo, commits your dirty work, and pushes backups — safely. It's the "in case of fire" meme, rebuilt for the reality that most of us work across a dozen repos, not one.
🔥 Got 30 seconds before everything goes sideways? One command. Done.
It's actively maintained, and I want this community to push it hard. Break it, ask the stupid questions, open a PR.
FOSS & MIT Licensed: Built in Go for speed and transparency
Install in seconds:
🍺 macOS/Linuxbrew:
🪟 Windows:
📦 Linux / all platforms: binaries, .deb, .rpm → github.com/git-fire/git-fire/releases
Or, See the README for the install.sh script
Try it:
🔥 Interactive TUI selector with fire animation
In the TUI you can select which repos to include, ignore repos permanently, and control how each one backs up — push current branch, all branches, or leave untouched.
⚡Immediately backs up all repos from your current directory
or:
⚠️Run first to preview exactly what will happen before anything moves.
A few things I'd especially love feedback on:
Edge cases you can break with weird repo states
UX in the TUI (`git-fire --fire`) — it has a fire animation, because it had to
Whether the agent stop-hook use case lands for you (wire it once, checkpoint every AI session automatically)
Got a one-liner for that 'everything is on fire RIGHT NOW' feeling? Drop it in the comments — the best ones get printed by the tool itself when you run it.
I genuinely want your feedback, feature requests, and ideas — no idea is too dumb. If you're thinking about forking it to add something, open an issue first. I will build it with you. The goal is a tool the community actually relies on, and I'd rather extend it than watch it fragment.
Also dropped [git-testkit] alongside this — Go test helpers for building real Git fixture repos. Useful if you're writing tools that touch git. Python and Java interfaces in development.
Next Major Feature: USB Mode! - write your backups to any mounted disk, no cloud required.
Thanks for checking it out — https://github.com/git-fire/git-... | https://git-fire.com