Archive Notes
Homebrew brew bundle dump command offers the same functionality, see this article for an example.
Brewfile Generator
CLI utility for autogenerating .gitignore files to STDOUT
Purpose
- Written to provide an easy way of generating a brewfile from currently installed brews/casks
- Generating brewfiles makes it easy to migrate to a new mac without forgetting Homebrew packages
Install / Setup
$ gem install brewfileUsage
Overwrite existing brewfile
$ brewfile > ~/brewfileAppend existing brewfile
$ brewfile >> ~/brewfileInstall brews/casks from brewfile
$ cd ~
$ brew bundleSample Output
tap 'caskroom/cask'
# Core Homebrew
brew 'autoconf'
brew 'automake'
brew 'bats'
brew 'bdw-gc'
brew 'cmake'
brew 'coreutils'
brew 'crystal-lang'
brew 'curl'
brew 'dosbox'
brew 'findutils'
brew 'fish'
brew 'gdbm'
brew 'geo'
brew 'gettext'
brew 'git'
brew 'gmp'
brew 'go'
brew 'gradle'
brew 'grep'
brew 'gzip'
brew 'icu4c'
brew 'jq'
brew 'libevent'
brew 'libffi'
brew 'libgpg-error'
brew 'libidn2'
brew 'libksba'
brew 'libogg'
brew 'libpng'
brew 'libtool'
brew 'libunistring'
brew 'libvorbis'
brew 'libyaml'
brew 'libzip'
brew 'llvm'
brew 'mas'
brew 'maven'
brew 'nasm'
brew 'nginx'
brew 'nmap'
brew 'node'
brew 'oniguruma'
brew 'openssl'
brew '[email protected]'
brew 'pcre'
brew 'pcre2'
brew 'perl'
brew 'pkg-config'
brew 'python'
brew 'python3'
brew 'readline'
brew 'redis'
brew 'ruby'
brew 'sdl'
brew 'sdl_net'
brew 'sdl_sound'
brew 'sqlite'
brew 'terraform'
brew 'tldr'
brew 'tmux'
brew 'unrar'
brew 'vim'
brew 'w3m'
brew 'wget'
brew 'xz'
# Cask Apps
cask 'docker-toolbox'
cask 'google-chrome'
cask 'hyper'
cask 'java'
cask 'robo-3t'
cask 'sequel-pro'
cask 'slack'
cask 'spotify'
cask 'vagrant'
cask 'virtualbox'
cask 'wireshark'