# rebased

**Repository Path**: haley.wang/rebased

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: rebased
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2026-08-03
- **Last Updated**: 2026-08-11

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

<div align="center">
  <img src="./community-resources/resources/rebased.svg" width="100" height="100" />  
  <h1>Rebased</h1>
  <p>A git client based on the IntelliJ platform.</p>
</div>

![](screenshot.png)

## Motivation

Rebased is an open-source remake of the short-lived [jetbrains git client](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IJPL-72504/Make-git-client-a-standalone-app#focus=Comments-27-12868395.0-0).
It's basically just a JetBrains IDE with all the bundled plugins removed except the git integration, with some additional UI tweaks.

See [this youtrack issue](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IJPL-72504/Make-git-client-a-standalone-app) for the many reasons people have been requesting this for almost a decade. At the time of writing, it's the #3 most upvoted open issue on YouTrack.

## Installation

### Linux

Download the appimage from [GitHub releases](https://github.com/DetachHead/rebased/releases).

We recommend using either [AppManager](https://github.com/kem-a/AppManager) or [Gear Lever](https://github.com/mijorus/gearlever) to install it to your applications menu, and for automatic updates.

### Windows

You can either download the installer `.exe` from [GitHub releases](https://github.com/DetachHead/rebased/releases) or install via winget:

```ps1
winget install detachhead.rebased --source winget
```

### macOS

Install with [homebrew](https://brew.sh/):

```bash
brew install detachhead/tap/rebased
```

<details>
  <summary>Manual installation</summary>

Download the `.dmg` from [GitHub releases](https://github.com/DetachHead/rebased/releases)

After copying `Rebased.app` to your Applications folder, you may see the following error message:
> "Rebased.app" is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the Bin.

**This is Apple lying to you.** Nothing is "damaged", it's just not code-signed with an Apple Developer certificate. To fix it, run the following command:
  ```bash
  xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Rebased.app
  ```
</details>

## Exclusive Features

In addition to all the git-related features from [IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition](https://github.com/jetbrains/intellij-community), Rebased has some additional features which aren't available in any of the official JetBrains IDEs.

### Customizable git log location

By default, the git log in Rebased is located in the main editor window, as the graph is typically the main focus of a git GUI client.
However, if you prefer it to be in the tool window at the bottom like in JetBrains IDEs, you can disable this behavior:

1. Go to *Settings > Version Control > Log*
2. Uncheck "Show the log in the editor window"

### Option to disable the `.idea` directory

Unlike the `.vscode` directory, most of the config files generated by JetBrains IDEs are unfortunately not suitable to commit, as they often contain device-specific file paths that don't work if shared with other members of your team.

Rebased is intended to be used with a wider variety of projects, which means you're more likely to use it with repos that weren't intended to be opened in a JetBrains IDE. This means `.idea` config files aren't committed nor are they excluded in `.gitignore`. This results in Rebased generating unwanted config files most of the time.

To address this problem, Rebased allows you to disable the creation of the `.idea` directory in the project root:

1. Go to *Settings > Appearance and Behavior > System Settings*
2. Uncheck "Store project settings in the project root directory"

> [!NOTE]
> This does not disable project-level config. Instead, Rebased will store each project's config inside a single centralized `.idea` directory in the same place as the IDE's global settings.

### Additional TextMate bundles

IntelliJ Community Edition includes syntax highlighting for many languages, even when their corresponding language plugin is not installed, thanks to the [TextMate Bundles](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7221) plugin.

Unfortunately however, syntax highlighting is only available for some languages in their respective paid plugins/IDEs.

One of the goals of Rebased is to prevent users from having to install bloated plugins when they only want basic editor/git functionality, so we ship some additional TextMate bundles that aren't present in IntelliJ:

- [vue](https://github.com/vuejs/language-tools)

(currently only one language, but feel free to open an [issue](https://github.com/DetachHead/rebased/issues/new/choose) or [PR](https://github.com/DetachHead/rebased/compare) for others)

## Contributing

See [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](./CONTRIBUTING.md)

## Credits

- https://github.com/obiscr/intellij-community - a previous attempt at creating a JetBrains git client that I cherrypicked some commits from
- JetBrains (obviously)