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| author | Jack Nagel | 2012-03-25 15:54:38 -0500 |
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| committer | Jack Nagel | 2012-03-25 16:21:13 -0500 |
| commit | be77491c7ce0ab083ba73e834eb118e3b36dd479 (patch) | |
| tree | d4e5e1b6b81dd14529c3c783a8bc430c233169ca /Library | |
| parent | 2e1082c84b01ca7c0f12d9c15d3550d6fea8d85b (diff) | |
| download | homebrew-be77491c7ce0ab083ba73e834eb118e3b36dd479.tar.bz2 | |
Document how formula arguments can be specified
Closes #11037.
Signed-off-by: Jack Nagel <jacknagel@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Library')
| -rw-r--r-- | Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md | 22 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md b/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md index e7c63285d..5bd259de6 100644 --- a/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md +++ b/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md @@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ For the full command list, see the COMMANDS section. * `install [--force] [--debug] [--ignore-dependencies] [--fresh] [--use-clang] [--use-gcc] [--use-llvm] [--build-from-source] [--devel] [--HEAD]` <formula>: Install <formula>. - <formula> is usually the name of the formula to install, but may also be - the URL for an arbitrary formula. + <formula> is usually the name of the formula to install, but it can be specified + several different ways. See [SPECIFYING FORMULAE][]. If `--force` is passed, will install <formula> if it exists, even if it is blacklisted. @@ -338,6 +338,24 @@ Documentation for the included external commands as well as instructions for creating your own can be found on the wiki: <http://wiki.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/External-Commands> +## SPECIFYING FORMULAE + +Many Homebrew commands accept one or more <formula> arguments. These arguments +can take several different forms: + + * The name of a formula: + e.g. `git`, `node`, `wget`. + + * The fully-qualified name of a tapped formula: + Sometimes a formula from a tapped repository may conflict with one in mxcl/master. + You can still access these formulae by using a special syntax, e.g. + `homebrew/dupes/vim` or `homebrew/versions/node4`. + + * An arbitrary URL: + Homebrew can install formulae via URL, e.g. + `https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/master/Library/Formula/git.rb`. + The formula file will be cached for later use. + ## ENVIRONMENT * HOMEBREW\_BUILD\_FROM\_SOURCE: |