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| author | Jack Nagel | 2011-10-12 02:23:29 -0500 |
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| committer | Jack Nagel | 2011-10-12 02:53:40 -0500 |
| commit | b8b7ad7ef23b9d4235cb05479c443db287eb30bf (patch) | |
| tree | 914fb8418c127f6e267d2a165520a89b508dcb20 /share | |
| parent | 203b0df5967061062208449d1ed65082391478f8 (diff) | |
| download | brew-b8b7ad7ef23b9d4235cb05479c443db287eb30bf.tar.bz2 | |
Document `brew diy` in the man page
The documentation on this is hard to find, and awareness of the command
itself is pretty low. Which is too bad, because it's really handy and I
use it all the time myself.
Signed-off-by: Jack Nagel <jacknagel@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man1/brew.1 | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man1/brew.1 b/share/man/man1/brew.1 index 56aa21b06..bce626042 100644 --- a/share/man/man1/brew.1 +++ b/share/man/man1/brew.1 @@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ If \fB\-n\fR is passed, show dependencies in topological order\. If \fB\-\-all\fR is passed, show dependencies for all formulae\. . .TP +\fBdiy [\-\-set\-name] [\-\-set\-version]\fR +Automatically determine the installation prefix for non\-Homebrew software\. +. +.IP +Using the output from this command, you can install your own software into the Cellar and then link it into Homebrew\'s prefix with \fBbrew link\fR\. +. +.IP +The options \fB\-\-set\-name\fR and \fB\-\-set\-version\fR each take an argument and allow you to explicitly set the name and version of the package you are installing\. +. +.TP \fBdoctor\fR Check your system for potential problems\. Doctor exits with a non\-zero status if any problems are found\. . |