---
title: Install git-watchdog on Arch Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of git-watchdog for on Arch Linux - Read-only
  Git remotes while selected processes (e.g. AI agents) run
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/git-watchdog/arch
---

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# Install git-watchdog on **Arch Linux**

# git-watchdog

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/git-watchdog/arch#install)

#### Read-only Git remotes while selected processes (e.g. AI agents) run

AI coding agents run commands with your permissions, including your SSH keys
and Git credentials. A single unattended `git push` can force-push over shared
history, delete a branch or publish unreviewed code, and that is hard to undo
once it reaches the server.

`git-watchdog` removes push access while an agent is running. As long as a
watched process is alive (by default the Claude CLI and Claude Desktop), it
puts the remotes of your local repositories in **read-only mode**:

* **Pushing is blocked**, so `git push` fails instead of reaching the server.
* **Fetching keeps working** through a read-only access token, so the agent doesn't need your SSH key to pull.

When the process exits, the original remotes are restored exactly as they
were. It guards against accidental pushes, not a determined attacker; see
<https://github.com/dobicinaitis/git-watchdog#security-notes>

### Package name

* git-watchdog

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 23 October 2026 - latest/stable

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### Source code

* [github.com/dobicinaitis/git-watchdog](https://github.com/dobicinaitis/git-watchdog "https://github.com/dobicinaitis/git-watchdog")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/dobicinaitis/git-watchdog/issues](https://github.com/dobicinaitis/git-watchdog/issues "https://github.com/dobicinaitis/git-watchdog/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/git-watchdog/arch#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on Arch Linux and install git-watchdog

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

On Arch Linux, snap can be installed from the [Arch User Repository (AUR).](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/snapd/)
The [manual build process](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Installing_packages) is the Arch-supported
install method for AUR packages, and you’ll need the [prerequisites](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Prerequisites)
installed before you can install any AUR package. You can then install snap with the following:

```
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/snapd.git
cd snapd
makepkg -si
```

Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
```

If [AppArmor](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AppArmor) is enabled in your system, enable the service which loads AppArmor profiles for snaps:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor.service
```

To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`:

```
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install git-watchdog

To install git-watchdog, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install git-watchdog
```

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