audit: reject versions starting with HEAD

Many parts of Homebrew assume that a version string beginning with
"HEAD" is, in fact, a head build. A stable version that begins with
"HEAD" violates this assumption and causes problems, as it's treated
as a head build in some places and as a stable build in others.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
index a8c18f7b6..90dd03c1c 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/audit.rb
@@ -755,6 +755,9 @@ class FormulaAuditor
       if version.to_s !~ /\d/
         problem "#{name}: version (#{version}) is set to a string without a digit"
       end
+      if version.to_s.start_with?("HEAD")
+        problem "#{name}: non-HEAD version name (#{version}) should not begin with HEAD"
+      end
     end
 
     if formula.stable && formula.devel