homebrew cask : updating an existing cask

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  • A new version of owncloud is out, I will try today to push that new infomation to http://caskroom.io/

  • I will base things on this previous contribution

  • set-up variables

    cd $(brew --prefix)/Library/Taps/caskroom/homebrew-cask
github_user='meduz'
project='owncloud'
git remote -v

  • creating a new branch for his project

    git branches
git remote add $github_user https://github.com/$github_user/homebrew-cask
git checkout $project

  • finding my information and feeding to homebrew

    cd /tmp
wget https://download.owncloud.com/desktop/stable/ownCloud-1.8.0.2139.pkg
sha256sum ownCloud-1.8.0.2139.pkg
sha256sum ownCloud-1.8.0.2139.pkg | pbcopy
brew cask edit owncloud

  • testing with homebrew:

    brew cask install $project
brew cask audit $project  --download

  • publishing results

    git status
git commit -am"upgrading owncloud"
git push $github_user $project

  • confirm the pull request

    open https://github.com/$github_user/homebrew-cask

  • come back to the master branch

    git checkout master

  • in the meanwhile, the change has been merged and got approveded. Owncloud is updated!

  • moreover, I do not like the default pattern of ignored files and I edit it globally:

    sudo vim /Applications/owncloud.app/Contents/Resources/sync-exclude.lst