gip — Git Package Manager

gip is a personal, GitHub-backed package manager written in Rust. It installs your own prebuilt binaries directly from GitHub Releases with checksum verification.

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Features

• Fetches manifests and binaries over HTTPS
• Verifies SHA256 integrity
• Installs to ~/.gip/ symlinked to ~/.local/bin/ with versioned paths
• Simple JSON-based manifest system
• Works on Linux and macOS

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Structure

packages/
├── mytool/
│  ├── v1.0.0/
│  │    ├── mytool-1.0.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
│  │    └── manifest.json
│  └── latest -> v1.0.0
└── packages.json

Each manifest.json contains the version, file URLs, and SHA256 checksums.

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Usage

# install a package
gip install mytool

# update to latest
gip update mytool

# list installed packages
gip list

# remove a package
gip uninstall mytool

Binaries are placed in:

~/.gip/<name>-<version>
~/.local/bin/<name> -> symlink to current version

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Security

• Downloads verified with SHA256
• Optional GPG signature validation
• All traffic over HTTPS

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