Release to Brew

[ReagentX]

imessage-exporter.rb:

class ImessageExporter < Formula
  desc "Export MacOS iMessage data + run iMessage Diagnostics"
  homepage "https://github.com/ReagentX/imessage-exporter"
  url "https://github.com/ReagentX/imessage-exporter/archive/refs/tags/0.1.9.tar.gz"
  sha256 "033789e51e3621a74b19e4a5339f0e0b65c2d33b8c3e367a5f7fbd1cdfa642e7"
  license "GPL-3.0-or-later"

  depends_on "rust" => :build

  def install
    system "cargo", "install", *std_cargo_args(path: "imessage-exporter")
  end

  test do
    assert_equal "imessage is not a valid export type! Must be one of <txt, html>\n",
    shell_output("imessage-exporter -f imessage")
    assert_equal "Diagnostics are enabled; format is disallowed\n",
    shell_output("imessage-exporter -f txt -d")
    assert_equal "No export type selected, required by no-copy\n",
    shell_output("imessage-exporter -n")
    assert_equal "No export type selected, required by export-path\n",
    shell_output("imessage-exporter -o imessage")
    assert_equal "",
    shell_output("imessage-exporter -p imessage")
  end
end

[ReagentX]

Brew has some pesky requirements the repo needs to meet first:

[ReagentX]

Apparently, maintainers are not allowed to submit their own work. See the discussion here: Homebrew/homebrew-core#120503

[cedricloneux]

Brew has some pesky requirements the repo needs to meet first:

The requirements are for the case you want your formula to be available from brew core itself. But you can create a "tap", just as you can host your own repository on linux just by putting the formula file in the repository or another repo. That's what most projects do and give installation instruction in the main README.md

[cedricloneux]

It will be. I have enhanced the brew file btw.
I am still ready to provide it, with the CI/CD (GitHub actions) to automate it.

Following: #77 (comment)
Since that time, have you had time to think about what I told you about the readme file structure and build setup ? I would greatly enhance the experience of repo's visitors and you release experience too.

• regular releases
• no need to build and move manually
• available via homebrew package manager
• brew file automatically updated at each release
• visitor know how to install at a glance and do it in a single command