Automatically update Homebrew taps when you publish new releases to GitHub. Built with Probot.

Usage

Firstly, you’ll need to install the Tap Release GitHub App. This listens out for any releases, or any changes to the configuration.

Then, add a .github/tap-release.yml configuration file to the GitHub repository where you publish new releases to.

For example, given the following .github/tap-release.yml file in a my-org/app/app.rb repository:

asset: app.zip
tap: my-org/homebrew-app/app.rb
template: |
  class App < Formula
    desc     "$REPO_DESCRIPTION"
    homepage "$REPO_WEBSITE"
    version  "$STABLE_VERSION"
    url      "$STABLE_ASSET_URL"
    sha256   "$STABLE_ASSET_SHA256"

    def install
      prefix.install "app"
    end
  end

When a new release is published to my-org/app (e.g. v4.2.0), containing a app.zip asset, Tap Release would push a commit to the tap formula in the my-org/homebrew-app repository updating it to:

class App < Formula
  desc     "The best app ever."
  homepage "https://github.com/my-org/app"
  version  "v2.4.0"
  url      "https://github.com/my-org/app/releases/download/v4.2.0/app.zip"
  sha256   "f3832d8966dd39f7ae1316195ebb379cf18aece281bc2f7c43dd799130ebf460"

  def install
    prefix.install "app"
  end
end

If you don't use release assets, you can also just use a URL pattern. For example, given the following template for a Node style tap:

url: "https://registry.npmjs.org/app/-/app-$VERSION_NUMBER.tgz"
tap: my-org/homebrew-app/app.rb
template: |
  class App < Formula
    desc     "$REPO_DESCRIPTION"
    homepage "$REPO_WEBSITE"
    version  "$STABLE_VERSION"
    url      "$STABLE_ASSET_URL"
    sha256   "$STABLE_ASSET_SHA256"

    # ...
  end

When a new release is published (e.g. v4.2.0), Tap Release would push a commit to the tap formula in the my-org/homebrew-app repository updating it to:

class App < Formula
  desc     "The best app ever."
  homepage "https://github.com/my-org/app"
  version  "v4.2.0"
  url      "https://registry.npmjs.org/app/-/app-4.2.0.tgz"
  sha256   "f3832d8966dd39f7ae1316195ebb379cf18aece281bc2f7c43dd799130ebf460"

  # ...
end

Template variables

You can use any of the following variables in your formula template, and they'll be substituted when the tap is regenerated:

Asset & URL variables

You can use any of the following variables in the asset and url options, and they'll be substituted for each stable and development release when searching for assets or generating URLs:

Configuration options

You can configure Tap Release using the following key in your .github/tap-release.yml file:

Tap Release also supports Probot Config, if you want to store your configuration files in a central repository.

Developing

If you have Node v8+ installed locally, you can run the tests, and a local app, using the following commands:

# Install dependencies
yarn

# Run the tests
npm test

# Run the app locally
npm start

If you don't have Node installed, you can use Docker Compose:

# Run the tests
docker-compose run --rm app npm test

Contributing

Third-pary contributions are welcome! 🙏🏼 See CONTRIBUTING.md for step-by-step instructions.

If you need help or have a question, let me know via a GitHub issue.

Deployment

If you want to deploy your own copy of Tap Release, follow the Probot Deployment Guide.

Releasing

Run the following command:

git checkout master && git pull && npm version [major | minor | patch]

The command does the following:

• Ensures you’re on master and don't have local, un-commited changes
• Bumps the version number in package.json based on major, minor or patch
• Runs the postversion npm script in package.json, which:
  • Pushes the tag to GitHub
  • Publishes the npm release
  • Opens the GitHub releases page so you can publish the release notes