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Entire is a new developer platform that hooks into your git workflow to capture AI agent sessions on every push, unifying your code with its context and reasoning.

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Entire CLI

Entire hooks into your git workflow to capture AI agent sessions on every push. Sessions are indexed alongside commits, creating a searchable record of how code was written in your repo.

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Requirements

Quick Start

# Install via Homebrew
brew tap entireio/tap
brew install entireio/tap/entire

# Or install via Go
go install github.com/entireio/cli/cmd/entire@latest

# Enable in your project
cd your-project && entire enable

# Check status
entire status

Typical Workflow

1. Enable Entire in Your Repository

entire enable

This installs agent and git hooks to work with your AI agent (Claude Code or Gemini CLI). The hooks capture session data at specific points in your workflow. Your code commits stay clean—all session metadata is stored on a separate entire/checkpoints/v1 branch.

When checkpoints are created depends on your chosen strategy (default is manual-commit):

  • Manual-commit: Checkpoints are created when you or the agent make a git commit
  • Auto-commit: Checkpoints are created after each agent response

2. Work with Your AI Agent

Just use Claude Code or Gemini CLI normally. Entire runs in the background, tracking your session:

entire status  # Check current session status anytime

3. Rewind to a Previous Checkpoint

If you want to undo some changes and go back to an earlier checkpoint:

entire rewind

This shows all available checkpoints in the current session. Select one to restore your code to that exact state.

4. Resume a Previous Session

To restore the latest checkpointed session metadata for a branch:

entire resume <branch>

Entire checks out the branch, restores the latest checkpointed session metadata (one or more sessions), and prints command(s) to continue.

5. Disable Entire (Optional)

entire disable

Removes the git hooks. Your code and commit history remain untouched.

Key Concepts

Sessions

A session represents a complete interaction with your AI agent, from start to finish. Each session captures all prompts, responses, files modified, and timestamps.

Session ID format: YYYY-MM-DD-<UUID> (e.g., 2026-01-08-abc123de-f456-7890-abcd-ef1234567890)

Sessions are stored separately from your code commits on the entire/checkpoints/v1 branch.

Checkpoints

A checkpoint is a snapshot within a session that you can rewind to—a "save point" in your work.

When checkpoints are created:

  • Manual-commit strategy: When you or the agent make a git commit
  • Auto-commit strategy: After each agent response

Checkpoint IDs are 12-character hex strings (e.g., a3b2c4d5e6f7).

How It Works

Your Branch                    entire/checkpoints/v1
     │                                  │
     ▼                                  │
[Base Commit]                           │
     │                                  │
     │  ┌─── Agent works ───┐           │
     │  │  Step 1           │           │
     │  │  Step 2           │           │ 
     │  │  Step 3           │           │
     │  └───────────────────┘           │
     │                                  │
     ▼                                  ▼
[Your Commit] ─────────────────► [Session Metadata]
     │                           (transcript, prompts,
     │                            files touched)
     ▼

Checkpoints are saved as you work. When you commit, session metadata is permanently stored on the entire/checkpoints/v1 branch and linked to your commit.

Strategies

Entire offers two strategies for capturing your work:

Aspect Manual-Commit Auto-Commit
Code commits None on your branch Created automatically after each agent response
Safe on main branch Yes Use caution - creates commits on active branch
Rewind Always possible, non-destructive Full rewind on feature branches; logs-only on main
Best for Most workflows - keeps git history clean Teams wanting automatic code commits

Git Worktrees

Entire works seamlessly with git worktrees. Each worktree has independent session tracking, so you can run multiple AI sessions in different worktrees without conflicts.

Concurrent Sessions

Multiple AI sessions can run on the same commit. If you start a second session while another has uncommitted work, Entire warns you and tracks them separately. Both sessions' checkpoints are preserved and can be rewound independently.

Commands Reference

Command Description
entire clean Clean up orphaned Entire data
entire disable Remove Entire hooks from repository
entire doctor Fix or clean up stuck sessions
entire enable Enable Entire in your repository (uses manual-commit by default)
entire explain Explain a session or commit
entire reset Delete the shadow branch and session state for the current HEAD commit
entire resume Switch to a branch, restore latest checkpointed session metadata, and show command(s) to continue
entire rewind Rewind to a previous checkpoint
entire status Show current session and strategy info
entire version Show Entire CLI version

entire enable Flags

Flag Description
--agent <name> AI agent to setup hooks for: claude-code (default) or gemini
--force, -f Force reinstall hooks (removes existing Entire hooks first)
--local Write settings to settings.local.json instead of settings.json
--project Write settings to settings.json even if it already exists
--skip-push-sessions Disable automatic pushing of session logs on git push
--strategy <name> Strategy to use: manual-commit (default) or auto-commit
--telemetry=false Disable anonymous usage analytics

Examples:

# Use auto-commit strategy
entire enable --strategy auto-commit

# Force reinstall hooks
entire enable --force

# Save settings locally (not committed to git)
entire enable --local

Configuration

Entire uses two configuration files in the .entire/ directory:

settings.json (Project Settings)

Shared across the team, typically committed to git:

{
  "strategy": "manual-commit",
  "agent": "claude-code",
  "enabled": true
}

settings.local.json (Local Settings)

Personal overrides, gitignored by default:

{
  "enabled": false,
  "log_level": "debug"
}

Configuration Options

Option Values Description
enabled true, false Enable/disable Entire
log_level debug, info, warn, error Logging verbosity
strategy manual-commit, auto-commit Session capture strategy
strategy_options.push_sessions true, false Auto-push entire/checkpoints/v1 branch on git push
strategy_options.summarize.enabled true, false Auto-generate AI summaries at commit time
telemetry true, false Send anonymous usage statistics to Posthog

Auto-Summarization

When enabled, Entire automatically generates AI summaries for checkpoints at commit time. Summaries capture intent, outcome, learnings, friction points, and open items from the session.

{
  "strategy_options": {
    "summarize": {
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}

Requirements:

  • Claude CLI must be installed and authenticated (claude command available in PATH)
  • Summary generation is non-blocking: failures are logged but don't prevent commits

Note: Currently uses Claude CLI for summary generation. Other AI backends may be supported in future versions.

Settings Priority

Local settings override project settings field-by-field. When you run entire status, it shows both project and local (effective) settings.

Gemini CLI (Preview)

Gemini CLI support is currently in preview. Entire can work with Gemini CLI as an alternative to Claude Code, or alongside it — you can have both agents' hooks enabled at the same time.

To enable:

entire enable --agent gemini

All commands (rewind, status, doctor, etc.) work the same regardless of which agent is configured.

If you run into any issues with Gemini CLI integration, please open an issue.

Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Issue Solution
"Not a git repository" Navigate to a Git repository first
"Entire is disabled" Run entire enable
"No rewind points found" Work with Claude Code and commit (manual-commit) or wait for agent response (auto-commit)
"shadow branch conflict" Run entire reset --force

SSH Authentication Errors

If you see an error like this when running entire resume:

Failed to fetch metadata: failed to fetch entire/checkpoints/v1 from origin: ssh: handshake failed: ssh: unable to authenticate, attempted methods [none publickey], no supported methods remain

This is a known issue with go-git's SSH handling. Fix it by adding GitHub's host keys to your known_hosts file:

ssh-keyscan -t rsa github.com >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
ssh-keyscan -t ecdsa github.com >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts

Debug Mode

# Via environment variable
ENTIRE_LOG_LEVEL=debug entire status

# Or via settings.local.json
{
  "log_level": "debug"
}

Resetting State

# Reset shadow branch for current commit
entire reset --force

# Disable and re-enable
entire disable && entire enable --force

Accessibility

For screen reader users, enable accessible mode:

export ACCESSIBLE=1
entire enable

This uses simpler text prompts instead of interactive TUI elements.

Development

This project uses mise for task automation and dependency management.

Prerequisites

  • mise - Install with curl https://mise.run | sh

Getting Started

# Clone the repository
git clone <repo-url>
cd cli

# Install dependencies (including Go)
mise install

# Trust the mise configuration (required on first setup)
mise trust

# Build the CLI
mise run build

Common Tasks

# Run tests
mise run test

# Run integration tests
mise run test:integration

# Run all tests (unit + integration, CI mode)
mise run test:ci

# Lint the code
mise run lint

# Format the code
mise run fmt

Getting Help

entire --help              # General help
entire <command> --help    # Command-specific help

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

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