Install through Homebrew

[christopher-francisco]

I can help, just let me know if this is ok

[eth-p]

I would absolutely love to get these scripts added to homebrew, and I definitely could use some help navigating the process to get this added to the homebrew core tap.

Is there any kind of release process I would have to follow, or any kind of restrictions with compiled artifacts?

[hahuang65]

@eth-p I haven't personally worked with adding Homebrew formulae, but this seems to be the good starting point: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Formula-Cookbook.md

[eth-p]

Based on their acceptable formulae documentation, I don't think bat-extras currently meets the criteria to have something added to the main Homebrew core tap. Specifically, the following:

• "be known"
• "We frown on authors submitting their own work unless it is very popular."

In the meantime, I created a tap that should cover bat-extras. You should be able to install it with brew install eth-p/software/bat-extras.

I'm also going to pin this issue in case something changes in the future or if somebody wants to attempt to bring bat-extras into the core tap.

[eth-p]

It's been a few months, and I think the custom tap has served its purpose of solving this.

I'm going to close this issue now, but please feel free to reopen it if you have any questions or objections.