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authorAdam Vandenberg2010-10-13 06:43:04 -0700
committerAdam Vandenberg2010-10-13 06:43:04 -0700
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Document brew install --force --HEAD
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@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ didn't include with OS X.
If `--HEAD` is passed, and <formula> defines it, install the HEAD version,
aka master, trunk, unstable, dev.
+ To install a newer version of HEAD use
+ `brew rm <foo> && brew install --HEAD <foo>`
+ or `brew --force --HEAD <foo>`.
+
* `install --interactive [--git]` <formula>:
Downloads and patches <formula>, and then opens a shell. This allows the
user to run `./configure --help` and otherwise determine how to turn the