homebrew-core/CONTRIBUTING.md

Contributing to Homebrew

First time contributing to Homebrew? Read our Code of Conduct.

To report a bug

• run brew update (twice)
• run and read brew doctor
• read the Troubleshooting Checklist
• open an issue on the formula's repository

To submit a version upgrade for the foo formula

• check if the same upgrade has been already submitted by searching the open pull requests for foo.
• brew bump-formula-pr --strict foo with one of the following:
  • --url=... and --sha256=...
  • --tag=... and --revision=...
  • --version=...

To add a new formula for foo version 2.3.4 from $URL

• read the Formula Cookbook or: brew create $URL and make edits
• brew install --build-from-source foo
• brew audit --new-formula foo
• git commit with message formatted foo 2.3.4 (new formula)
• open a pull request and fix any failing tests

Once you've addressed any potential feedback and a member of the Homebrew org has approved your pull request, the BrewTestBot will automatically merge it a couple of minutes later.

To contribute a fix to the foo formula

If you are already well versed in the use of git, then you can find the local copy of the homebrew-core repository in this directory ($(brew --prefix)/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/), modify the formula there leaving the section bottle do ... end unchanged, and prepare a pull request as you usually do. Before submitting your pull request, be sure to test it with these commands:

brew uninstall --force foo
brew install --build-from-source foo
brew test foo
brew audit --strict foo
brew style foo

After testing, if you think it is needed to force the corresponding bottles to be rebuilt and redistributed, add a line of the form revision 1 to the formula, or add 1 to the revision number already present.

If you are not already well versed in the use of git, then you may learn about it from the introduction at https://docs.brew.sh/How-To-Open-a-Homebrew-Pull-Request and then proceed as follows:

• run brew edit foo and make edits
• leave the section bottle do ... end unchanged
• test your changes using the commands listed above
• run git commit with message formatted foo <insert new version number> or foo: <insert details>
• open a pull request as described in the introduction linked to above, wait for the automated test results, and fix any failing tests

Once you've addressed any potential feedback and a member of the Homebrew org has approved your pull request, the BrewTestBot will automatically merge it a couple of minutes later.

Thanks!