Core/Formula Separation [Tracking Issue]

[apjanke]

This is a list of issues and commits related to the Homebrew Core/Formula Separation (#49752). It's done as an issue instead of a label because it will have items from multiple repos and will include annotations.

Relevant Repos

https://github.com/homebrew/homebrew - the original Homebrew repo
https://github.com/homebrew/homebrew-core - the new core formula tap
https://github.com/homebrew/brew - where the new brew package manager code will go in step 2

Posts and Announcements

• Announcement on homebrew-discuss (mailing list)
• Announcement on Twitter – follow-ups: #1, #2

Separation Work

• Core/formula separation – Core/formula separation #49752 (main discussion)
• Core/Formula Separation Step 1 – Core/Formula Separation Step 1 #49904
• Core/formula separation Part 2(a) – Core/formula separation Part 2(a) #50653
• Core/formula separation Part 2(b) – Core/formula separation Part 2(b) brew#2
• doc: update for core/formula separation – doc: update for core/formula separation #50632
• doc: more updates for core/formula separation – doc: more updates for core/formula separation #50649
• Update documentation after repository split. – Update documentation after repository split. brew#3
• test-bot: handle legacy formulae PR from – test-bot: handle legacy formulae PR from Homebrew/homebrew #50635
• update .github templates in homebrew-core – Add .github templates in homebrew-core homebrew-core#8
• tap: support --full even if installed – tap: support --full even if installed #50639
• GitHub.issues_matching or other related methods need to be updated to search both tap repo and main repo. – GitHub: fix issues/pr searching brew#8
• Check and update doco in remaining central taps for URLs etc
  • homebrew/dev-tools – Homebrew/homebrew-dev-tools#4
  • homebrew/versions
  • homebrew/dupes
  • homebrew/science
  • homebrew/games
  • homebrew/php
  • homebrew/python
  • homebrew/boneyard – Homebrew/homebrew-boneyard#107
  • homebrew/fuse
  • homebrew/binary
  • homebrew/services
  • homebrew/nginx
  • homebrew/x11
  • homebrew/emacs
  • homebrew/bundle – doco: update for Homebrew core/formulae split homebrew-bundle#166
  • homebrew/devel-only
  • homebrew/head-only
  • homebrew/apache
  • homebrew/gui

Resulting Issues

• test-bot failing with brew doctor errors and leftover kegs – test-bot failing with brew doctor errors and leftover kegs #50651
• brew search: 422 Unprocessable Entity – brew search : 422 Unprocessable Entity brew#6

Other Issues

• brew doctor need to be updated to include both brew and homebrew-core repos origin check. At the same time, it may be a good idea to disable CoreTap auto-tap for brew doctor.
• Homebrew/core Travis CI fails to test formula. Homebrew/core Travis CI fails to test formula. brew#100

[UniqMartin]

Seems like everything is done except for “brew doctor need to be updated to include new repo check.”, that I don't understand. Can you explain what needs to be done here?

[apjanke]

You know what; I heard that from @xu-cheng and I forgot exactly what it means. I think it just means to have doctor check that origin is pointing at the new repo.

I believe the current check_git_origin check (from d127569) now covers this, and we can tick it off and close this issue. Is that correct, Xu?

[xu-cheng]

Yeah, I'm thinking we should add git origin check for both homebrew/brew and homebrew/core tap.

Another thing is we probably should stop hombrew/core auto-tap during brew doctor. Because it could introduce nasty error if users happen to have not installed git.

[apjanke]

I think the git origin check for homebrew/brew is already there; we just need to add it for homebrew/core tap. (Sorry for broken link in my previous comment.)

Yeah. Maybe we should stop auto-tap of everything in brew doctor: besides the git error, as a diagnostic tool, I'd expect it to be "read-only".

[MikeMcQuaid]

Another thing is we probably should stop hombrew/core auto-tap during brew doctor. Because it could introduce nasty error if users happen to have not installed git.

👍

[MikeMcQuaid]

This was done ✨