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I'm writing a quick Homebrew formula for my own private purposes (it's unlikely to be shared). I'd like to install it , but would prefer not to maintain my own local fork of Homebrew, but instead outside /usr/local/Library/Formula (it happens to be within an existing private git repository I have, but I think that's incidental to the question).

I've tried:

  • brew install ./my-formula.rb
  • brew install file:///Users/myusername/mygitrepository/my-formula.rb.

Neither seems to work. Instead I see:

Error: No available formula for my-formula ==> Searching formulae... ==> Searching taps...

How can I install this formula?

Note: Installing the formula using git repository syntax is unlikely to be what I need - I'm looking to install the formula during its development, in other words before I commit to my git repo.

I am using Homebrew 0.9.5.

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  • Have you tried using brew install -f my-formula.rb?
    – Harry Beadle
    Nov 4, 2015 at 15:49
  • Harry, unfortunately that fails with Error: No available formula with the name "my-formula".
    – Andrew Ferrier
    Nov 7, 2015 at 11:01

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ln -s /Users/myusername/mygitrepository/my-formula.rb /usr/local/Library/Formula/
brew install my-formula

Both brew doctor and brew update shouldn't mind, at least not until a my-formula formula is added into the official brew repository!

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  • This works, thanks. It's not ideal since it still involves touching /usr/local/Library/Formula, and I'd like to keep the formula entirely separate from homebrew's own repo, but it does work. Thanks!
    – Andrew Ferrier
    Nov 7, 2015 at 11:06

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