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authorMike McQuaid2017-04-18 08:22:37 +0100
committerMike McQuaid2017-04-18 08:22:41 +0100
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create: use GitHub metadata where available.
GitHub provides a description and homepage field so let `brew create` use them where possible. Also, detect GitHub repositories based on `releases` as well as `archive`s.
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@@ -709,7 +709,8 @@ With `--verbose` or `-v`, many commands print extra debugging information. Note
If `--meson` is passed, create a basic template for a Meson-style build.
If `--no-fetch` is passed, Homebrew will not download `URL` to the cache and
- will thus not add the SHA256 to the formula for you.
+ will thus not add the SHA256 to the formula for you. It will also not check
+ the GitHub API for GitHub projects (to fill out the description and homepage).
The options `--set-name` and `--set-version` each take an argument and allow
you to explicitly set the name and version of the package you are creating.