feat: Add Homebrew installation support with documentation and automation#30
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Co-authored-by: ShenMian <70068015+ShenMian@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: ShenMian <70068015+ShenMian@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: ShenMian <70068015+ShenMian@users.noreply.github.com>
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feat: Add Homebrew installation support with documentation and automation
Oct 5, 2025
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Overview
This PR adds support for Homebrew installation as requested in issue #[issue_number]. The implementation provides comprehensive documentation and optional automation to make tracker easily installable via Homebrew on macOS and Linux.
What's New
For Users
Users can now install tracker via Homebrew:
This installation method is now documented in the README alongside existing package managers (AUR, Scoop).
For Maintainers
1. Comprehensive Setup Guide (
docs/homebrew-setup.md)A detailed guide that covers:
2. GitHub Actions Automation (
.github/workflows/homebrew.yml)An optional workflow that:
HOMEBREW_TAP_TOKENis configured)3. Implementation Summary (
HOMEBREW_IMPLEMENTATION.md)A quick reference document outlining:
Implementation Details
The solution follows the Rust project best practices referenced in the issue:
Next Steps
To complete the Homebrew setup, the repository owner needs to:
ShenMian/homebrew-tapFormula/tracker.rbusing one of the provided templatesHOMEBREW_TAP_TOKENsecret for automated updatesAll instructions are provided in
docs/homebrew-setup.md.Benefits
Testing
cargo checkpasses)Closes #[issue_number]
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