homebrew

The Homebrew resource reference. This resource will allow Codify to install homebrew as well as casks and formulas.

Parameters:

• casks: (array[string]) A list of homebrew casks to install. Homebrew casks are GUI programs that can be installed by homebrew. See homebrew for a full list of installable casks.

• directory: (string) A custom directory to install homebrew into. This will initialize homebrew there and set the global HOMEBREW_PREFIX to point there. This option is not recommended because it can cause undefined behaviour but it is useful for installing multiple copies of homebrew for the same user or different users. A relative or absolute path is accepted

• formulae: (array[string]) A list of homebrew casks to install. Homebrew formulae (plural of formula) are command line tools that can be installed by homebrew. See homebrew for a full list of installable formulae.

• taps: (array[string]) Taps allow additional third party formulae and casks to be installed.

Example usage:

codify.json

[
  {
    "type":  "homebrew",
    "formulae": [
      "jq", "docker", "jenv"
    ],
    "casks": [
      "google-chrome"
    ]
  }
]

Installing homebrew across multiple users on the same machine

Sometimes one system can have multiple users share the same machine. In this situation, permission conflicts happen because homebrew installs to the same global path for all accounts (/opt/homebrew for arm based macs and /usr/local for intel macs). To avoid this, homebrew can also be initialized and installed to a custom directory for one of the accounts to avoid conflicts.

Specify a local directory to install homebrew only for a particular user. This feature is only available with the Codify homebrew resource.

codify.json

[
  {
    "type":  "homebrew",
    "directory": "~/.homebrew",
    "formulae": [
      "jq", "docker", "jenv"
    ],
    "casks": [
      "google-chrome"
    ]
  }
]

Note that some formulas and casks don’t work well with custom homebrew directories.

Notes:

The homebrew resource will need additional permissions to install. A pop-up might be shown that requests the user enter their password in order to use sudo to install homebrew to the default directory /opt/homebrew (arm64) or /usr/local (x86).