Create method for accessing Xcode version.

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/--config.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/--config.rb
index 7876dfc53..fe4379395 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/--config.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/--config.rb
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ module Homebrew extend self
   end
 
   def xcode_version
-    `xcodebuild -version 2>&1` =~ /Xcode (\d(\.\d)*)/
-    $1
+    @xcode_version || MacOS.xcode_version
   end
 
   def llvm_recommendation
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
index dd5707e66..74d5d0f91 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
@@ -271,6 +271,11 @@ module MacOS extend self
     end
   end
 
+  def xcode_version
+    `xcodebuild -version 2>&1` =~ /Xcode (\d(\.\d)*)/
+    $1
+  end
+
   def llvm_build_version
     unless xcode_prefix.to_s.empty?
       llvm_gcc_path = xcode_prefix/"usr/bin/llvm-gcc"