From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalpel:

A scalpel, or lancet, is a small and extremely sharp bladed instrument used for surgery, anatomical dissection, and various arts and crafts (called a hobby knife).

Lancet is a command line utility to streamline the various activities related to the development and maintenance of a software package.

• Free software: MIT license
• Documentation: http://lancet.rtfd.org

Check out the documentation.

Once installed, set up the initial configuration by running:

lancet setup

For each not-yet-configured project, you can then run:

cd path/to/project
lancet init

This creates a new project-level configuration file that can be shared across different users (and thus commited to source control).

A lot of commands are still missing, as for example:

• pr: to open a new pull-request and update the tracker accordingly.
• review: to streamline the whole reviewing process (pulling, linting,diffs,...).
• merge: to help in getting a more strict merge process in place (and cleanup afterwards). Can include rebasing helpers.
• Other issue tracker/Harvest interaction utilities (list, search, comment, ...)