Replace install_name/install_ref with alias_path

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index 479798829..90e6b2212 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Formula
   # The name specified when installing this {Formula}.
   # Could be the name of the {Formula}, or an alias.
   # e.g. `another-name-for-this-formula`
-  attr_reader :install_name
+  attr_reader :alias_path
 
   # The fully-qualified name of this {Formula}.
   # For core formula it's the same as {#name}.
@@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ class Formula
   attr_accessor :build
 
   # @private
-  def initialize(name, path, spec, install_name: name)
+  def initialize(name, path, spec, alias_path: nil)
     @name = name
     @path = path
-    @install_name = install_name
+    @alias_path = alias_path
     @revision = self.class.revision || 0
     @version_scheme = self.class.version_scheme || 0
 
@@ -508,21 +508,6 @@ class Formula
     installed_prefixes.map { |dir| Keg.new(dir) }
   end
 
-  # Formula reference to use to get an identical installation of the formula.
-  #
-  # Usually, the formula's path is a good canonical identifier for the formula.
-  # Just using whatever was passed to `brew install` isn't a good idea, because
-  # if it was e.g. a URL, it could end up being downloaded twice.
-  #
-  # However, if the formula was installed with an alias (i.e. `install_name` is
-  # different from `name`), that should be used instead so that information is
-  # preserved. Aliases are looked up in repositories that have already been
-  # tapped, so we don't have to worry about doing extra HTTP requests, or other
-  # expensive operations, when looking them up again.
-  def install_ref
-    install_name == name ? path : install_name
-  end
-
   # The directory where the formula's binaries should be installed.
   # This is symlinked into `HOMEBREW_PREFIX` after installation or with
   # `brew link` for formulae that are not keg-only.