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authorAdam Vandenberg2010-07-29 09:24:38 -0700
committerAdam Vandenberg2010-08-07 18:08:53 -0700
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Document external commands a bit
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@@ -172,6 +172,12 @@ Downloads the tarball or checks out from VCS for the given \fIformula\fR\. For t
\fBaudit\fR
Checks all formulae for Homebrew coding style violations\.
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+.SH "EXTERNAL COMMANDS"
+Homebrew allows external commands to be defined by putting a +x file named \fBbrew\-<cmdname>\fR or \fBbrew\-<cmdname>\.rb\fR on the PATH\. This will cause Homebrew to recognize \fBbrew cmdname\fR\.
+.
+.P
+Some external commands are shipped with Homebrew, and enabled by default\.
+.
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
.
.TP