On August 24, 2026, gogitup v0.5.0 was released. This update brings private GitHub repository support to the install workflow and standardizes command-line flag ordering for consistency. Together these changes make it easier to track and maintain tools from private sources while keeping the CLI predictable across subcommands.

What’s new

Private GitHub installs gogitup now supports installing tools from private GitHub repositories with the new --private flag on install. When you run gogitup install --private owner/repo, gogitup resolves a GitHub token from GITHUB_TOKEN or gh auth token, authenticates release lookups, and records the app as private in ~/.gogitup. Subsequent check and upgrade operations automatically use authenticated access for those apps, keeping private tools up to date with the same workflow used for public repositories.

Standardized flag ordering The remove subcommand now follows a consistent flag-before-argument ordering: gogitup remove [--delete] <name>. The previous post-positional usage gogitup remove <name> --delete is no longer accepted. Help output, usage docs, and examples have been updated to reflect the new ordering.

Documentation updates docs/USAGE.md and docs/CONFIG.md have been updated to cover the private install flow, token requirements, and the new remove syntax, including an example configuration with the private field.

Why it matters

Private install support removes the manual step of separately managing credentials for internal tools. Teams can now track private Go binaries alongside public ones, ensuring automated checks and upgrades work uniformly across an environment. The flag ordering change improves predictability and aligns gogitup with standard Go CLI conventions, reducing surprises when scripting or using the tool interactively.

Upgrade and installation

Install or update with:

go install github.com/UnitVectorY-Labs/gogitup@latest

Prebuilt binaries for darwin, linux, and windows are available on the release page. Existing configurations continue to work without migration. If you use private repositories, set a GitHub token via GITHUB_TOKEN or gh auth login and reinstall with --private to enable automatic tracking. Update any automation that calls remove to place --delete before the app name.

This post was AI-generated. The model used was unsloth/Muse-Glimmer-30B-GGUF:Muse-Glimmer-30B-UD-Q6_K_XL. Reference: UnitVectorY-Labs/gogitup v0.5.0 released 2026-08-24, article generated 2026-08-26. Author: release-storyteller.