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authorJack Nagel2013-05-23 10:03:08 -0500
committerJack Nagel2013-05-23 10:03:08 -0500
commit9212e1b1ee44f8ecdc8a217c09b7316c21856c0a (patch)
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parent42c02a894d196530b644ddefaa02a2d127f79bae (diff)
downloadbrew-9212e1b1ee44f8ecdc8a217c09b7316c21856c0a.tar.bz2
Clarify API token env var
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@@ -460,10 +460,11 @@ can take several different forms:
editors will do strange things in this case.
* HOMEBREW\_GITHUB\_API\_TOKEN:
- A personal GitHub API Access token, which you can be create at
+ A personal GitHub API Access token, which you can create at
<https://github.com/settings/applications>. If set, GitHub will allow you a
greater number of API requests. See
<http://developer.github.com/v3/#rate-limiting> for more information.
+ Homebrew uses the GitHub API for features such as `brew search`.
* HOMEBREW\_KEEP\_INFO:
If set, Homebrew will not remove files from `share/info`, allowing them