Creating and Using a Personal Homebrew Tap

Follow these steps to create a personal Homebrew tap and use it:

1. Create a new GitHub repository

• The repository name should follow the format homebrew-<tap>.
• For example, if you want to create a tap named mytap, the repository name should be homebrew-mytap.

2. Add formulae to the tap

• In the repository, create a new file for each formula you want to add.
• The file should be named <formula>.rb and contain the Ruby code for the formula.
• For example, to add a formula named myformula, create a file named myformula.rb.

3. Tap the repository

• On your local machine, use the brew tap command followed by your GitHub username and the tap name:

  brew tap <username>/mytap  

Replace <username> with your GitHub username.

4. Install formulae from the tap

You can now install formulae from your tap using the brew install command followed by the formula name: myformula

Replace myformula with the name of the formula you want to install.

Please replace <username>, mytap, and myformula with your actual GitHub username, tap name, and formula name respectively. Also, this is a very basic example. Depending on your needs, you might want to add more complex formulae to your tap.