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authorMike McQuaid2015-04-11 16:46:38 +0100
committerMike McQuaid2015-04-12 21:48:10 -0700
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Migrating A Formula To A Tap: add documentation.
Closes #38570. Signed-off-by: Mike McQuaid <mike@mikemcquaid.com>
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+# Migrating A Formula To A Tap
+There are times when we may wish to migrate a formula from Homebrew's core (the main repository) into a tap (another repository). To do this:
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+1. Create a pull request to the new tap adding the formula file as-is from the main Homebrew repository. Fix any test failures that may occur due to the stricter requirements for new formulae than existing formula (e.g. `brew audit --strict` must pass for that formula).
+2. Create a pull request to the main repository deleting the formula file and add it to `Library/Homebrew/tap_migrations.rb`.
+3. Put a link for each pull request in the other pull request so the maintainers can merge them both at once.
+
+Congratulations, you've moved a formula to a tap!