From d19c06c5d089e38ce6e2535ef63c6721ca14f8a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Vandenberg
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:24:38 -0700
Subject: Document external commands a bit

---
 Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

(limited to 'Library')

diff --git a/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md b/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md
index 9fbe1d02f..7312afb2d 100644
--- a/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md
+++ b/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ didn't include with OS X.
   * `audit`:
     Checks all formulae for Homebrew coding style violations.
 
+## EXTERNAL COMMANDS
+
+Homebrew allows external commands to be defined by putting a +x file named
+`brew-<cmdname>` or `brew-<cmdname>.rb` on the PATH. This will cause Homebrew
+to recognize `brew cmdname`.
+
+Some external commands are shipped with Homebrew, and enabled by default.
+
 ## ENVIRONMENT
 
   * HOMEBREW\_DEBUG:
-- 
cgit v1.2.3