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(Add option to) display descriptions for new formulae/casks output by brew update #20162

@jwodder

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brew update often outputs a list of new formulae and/or casks, but these lists just consist of the formula/cask names. I would like there to be a way (CLI option and/or environment variable) to make brew update also output the description for each new formula/cask, e.g.:

New Formulae
kbt — Keyboard tester in terminal
lolcrab — Make your console colorful, with OpenSimplex noise
tiledb — Universal storage engine

New Casks
linqpad — .NET LINQ database query tool and code scratchpad

What is the motivation for the feature?

Every time I run brew update, I almost always want to find out more about the new formulae and what they do, so I have to run brew info for each of the listed formulae/casks. This feature would save me that step.

How will the feature be relevant to at least 90% of Homebrew users?

I don't know about 90%, but surely some other users would appreciate more information about what new formulae & casks do.

What alternatives to the feature have been considered?

Leaving things as they are and having to run brew info for new formulae after brew update

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