Automate homebrew tap updates via CI

[archseer]

We'd like to distribute the package via a Homebrew tap on OSX.

[skyfaller]

Can you please make sure the Homebrew tap works on Linux as well? I use Homebrew on Pop OS for everything that is too new to be in the Pop Shop / apt / Flatpak. https://docs.brew.sh/Homebrew-on-Linux

[tbillington]

Why a tap? Why not just add to homebrew actual.

[archseer]

The project is still very alpha, so we'll probably cut new point releases often for the time being (consider it more like nightly builds). Would be a pain to update on homebrew-core continuously. Will make sense to do once we have a stable release though.

[lewiscowper]

on a similar note, is it feasible (I can open a new Issue if so), to support apple silicon builds?

[archseer]

@lewiscowper It should be as simple as adding aarch64-apple-darwin to the build matrix:

helix/.github/workflows/release.yml

Lines 17 to 47 in e6132f0

	matrix:
	build: [x86_64-linux, aarch64-linux, x86_64-macos, x86_64-windows] #, x86_64-win-gnu, win32-msvc
	include:
	- build: x86_64-linux
	os: ubuntu-20.04
	rust: stable
	target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
	cross: false
	- build: aarch64-linux
	os: ubuntu-20.04
	rust: stable
	target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
	cross: true
	- build: x86_64-macos
	os: macos-latest
	rust: stable
	target: x86_64-apple-darwin
	cross: false
	- build: x86_64-windows
	os: windows-2019
	rust: stable
	target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
	cross: false
	# - build: x86_64-win-gnu
	# os: windows-2019
	# rust: stable-x86_64-gnu
	# target: x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
	# - build: win32-msvc
	# os: windows-2019
	# rust: stable
	# target: i686-pc-windows-msvc

I didn't include it before when the codebase was private since macOS builds cost 10x CI time for rivate repos

[archseer]

There's a macOS tap available now: https://github.com/helix-editor/homebrew-helix, courtesy of @ethanbodzioney

[hovsater]

@archseer should we close this then? 🙂

[archseer]

I'd like to automate the tap updates on the CI, then the issue can be closed :)

[hovsater]

Could this be closed now since we decided to drop the tap altogether?

[archseer]

We should still upstream to Homebrew first.

[archseer]

Recipe was upstreamed!