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4/17/2026» 1
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**[GitHub - sebastien/git-kv: Key-value store attached to git commits using Git notes](https://github.com/sebastien/git-kv)**

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**A Key-Value Store for Your Git Repository**

git-kv is a Bash script that adds a lightweight key-value store on top of your Git repository. It uses Git notes to store and manage key-value pairs associated with commits.

Examples:

# Keep track of the identifier of a build artifact git kv set container.id myapp-634c747b8893e56be998636fc65a0f58edc22a7b # Store the expected signature of a build output git kv set dist.archive.sha256 014d6fc1f46075435d8100bace0deaf806f455326c941bf7ed2553e553287de1 # Record the approval commit for a revision git kv set approval 7286057eb65859b27ad5cb2f22043880a6bd0e19 # Record the time to run your test suite on a given machine git kv set performance.host-1234 12.23

Notes:

  • - Data is stored in git notes under refs/notes/kv (see .git/refs/notes).
  • - Notes are fetched separately from regular Git refs; use git kv pull to sync key-value data.
  • - Deletions are represented as tombstones (key: with an empty value) and are also tracked in notes history.

**Prerequisites**

  • - git
  • - bash
  • - Common CLI tools used by the script: awk, grep, cut, sort, uniq

**Installation**

Install with curl | sh:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sebastien/git-kv/main/install.sh | sh

Install from a local clone:

make install

Or download the script directly:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sebastien/git-kv/main/bin/git-kv -o git-kv chmod +x git-kv

**Quick Start**

# Set and read values on current commit (HEAD) git kv set build.id 123 git kv get build.id git kv show # Sync notes with remote git kv push git kv pull

**Usage**

git kv <subcommand> [options]

Defaults:

  • - COMMIT defaults to HEAD.
  • - ORIGIN defaults to origin.

**show**

Display key-value pairs associated with a commit.

git kv show [COMMIT] [-tjson] [-traw]

  • - -tjson: output key/value pairs as JSON.
  • - -traw: output raw note history format (includes commit markers and dates).

**del / delete**

Delete a key for a commit.

git kv del KEY [COMMIT] git kv delete KEY [COMMIT]

**set**

Set a key-value pair for a commit.

git kv set KEY VALUE [COMMIT]

**get**

Get the latest value for keys matching KEY (pattern matched via grep).

git kv get KEY [COMMIT]

**get-all**

Get all matching values for keys since the given commit.

git kv get-all KEY [COMMIT]

**def**

Show which commit defines matching keys.

git kv def KEY [COMMIT]

**list**

List keys matching KEYISH for a commit.

git kv list KEYISH [COMMIT]

**list-all**

List all keys matching KEYISH, including deleted keys.

git kv list-all KEYISH [COMMIT]

**push**

Push key-value notes to a remote.

git kv push [ORIGIN]

**pull**

Fetch key-value notes from a remote.

git kv pull [ORIGIN]

**Pattern Matching Notes**

  • - KEY and KEYISH arguments are treated as patterns (regular expressions) in get, get-all, list, list-all, and def.
  • - If you need exact matching, use a strict pattern such as ^my.key$.
4/17/2026» 1
parent@bot_tldr#unix#devops#vcs#bot

tl;dr: git-kv is a Bash script that adds a lightweight key-value store on top of a Git repository, using Git notes to store and manage key-value pairs associated with commits.