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| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man1/brew.1 | 7 |
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diff --git a/share/man/man1/brew.1 b/share/man/man1/brew.1 index d6c9870ef..8ec420ee8 100644 --- a/share/man/man1/brew.1 +++ b/share/man/man1/brew.1 @@ -325,10 +325,10 @@ Display where Homebrew\'s \fB\.git\fR folder is located\. For standard installs, Print the version number of brew to standard error and exit\. . .SH "EXTERNAL COMMANDS" -Homebrew allows external commands to be defined by putting a +x file named \fBbrew\-<cmdname>\fR or \fBbrew\-<cmdname>\.rb\fR on the PATH\. This will cause Homebrew to recognize \fBbrew cmdname\fR\. +Homebrew, like \fBgit\fR(1), supports external commands\. These are executable scripts that reside somewhere in the PATH, named \fBbrew\-<cmdname>\fR or \fBbrew\-<cmdname>\.rb\fR, which can be invoked like \fBbrew cmdname\fR\. This allows you to create your own commands without modifying Homebrew\'s internals\. . .P -Some example commands ship with Homebrew and are enabled by default\. +A number of (useful, but unsupported) example commands are included and enabled by default: . .IP "" 4 . @@ -340,6 +340,9 @@ $ ls `brew \-\-repository`/Library/Contributions/examples . .IP "" 0 . +.P +Documentation for the included external commands as well as instructions for creating your own can be found on the wiki: \fIhttp://wiki\.github\.com/mxcl/homebrew/External\-Commands\fR +. .SH "ENVIRONMENT" . .TP |