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Git Dupe
Git Dupe is a second Git repository that tracks personal files inside a project working tree without altering the project git.
Git Dupe provides a second Git repository laid over the same working tree for files that belong to you rather than the project, such as notes, plans, scratch scripts, editor settings, and coding agent instructions. The files stay where their tools expect them while their history lives in a repository inside the project git, hidden from git status and git add. You use standard Git commands tailored to the dupe repository, such as git dupe commit, log, and push, moving your work between machines through your own remote. It runs on Linux and macOS using Git 2.43 or newer. It integrates standard command-line workflows and enables multiple workspaces using linked worktrees.
Git Dupe at a glance
Key features
- Second Git repository for personal files
- Hidden from project git status and git add
- Standard Git commands adapted for dupe
- Remote synchronization across machines
- Support for linked worktrees
- Command-line executable interface
Use it for
- Manage coding agent instructions in shared projects
- Keep personal notes and scratch scripts in repositories
- Track tool settings ignored by the main project
- Share team instruction kits across multiple projects
Alternatives to Git Dupe
- Zit — It uses copy-on-write workspaces and checks changes against what landed meanwhile.
- FinderGit — Review and manage all your Git repositories directly in a native macOS file browser.
- Personal Context Manager — Manages global and project-specific coding rules in a Git repository.
- GitBot — It organizes coding agents into reusable bots with customizable permissions and thread histories.
- Entire CLI — Mirrors Git repositories globally to increase cloning speeds for AI agents.
- jevgrep — Reduces coding agent costs by providing targeted, relevant repository context.
- Fresh — Syncs your default branch and cleans up merged branches automatically.
- GitAgent — Manage AI agents with familiar git workflows like branching, diffing, and reverting.
- Git AI — It moves work to the server and handles concurrent tasks without standard Git bottlenecks.
- guides.show — Explains code diffs in order of importance through portable, encrypted links
- GitBrain — Intelligently splits large code changes into multiple customizable AI commits.
- AVP — Isolates coding agents in worktrees and proves every change on main.
All Git Dupe alternatives