From 50ccb96d7702dd5190ca6310d005f93b641029c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mohammad Zain Abbas Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2022 16:53:51 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Reverted back changes --- docs/Brew-Livecheck.md | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/Brew-Livecheck.md b/docs/Brew-Livecheck.md index 6ab088a6e6..976098b75c 100644 --- a/docs/Brew-Livecheck.md +++ b/docs/Brew-Livecheck.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # `brew livecheck` -The `brew livecheck` command finds the newest version of a formula, cask or resource's software by checking upstream. Livecheck has [strategies](https://rubydoc.brew.sh/Homebrew/Livecheck/Strategy.html) to identify versions from various sources, such as Git repositories, websites, etc. +The `brew livecheck` command finds the newest version of a formula or cask's software software by checking upstream. Livecheck has [strategies](https://rubydoc.brew.sh/Homebrew/Livecheck/Strategy.html) to identify versions from various sources, such as Git repositories, websites, etc. ## Behavior @@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ This can be accomplished by adding a `livecheck` block to the formula/cask/resou ## Creating a check -1. **Use the debug output to understand the situation**. `brew livecheck --debug |` provides information about which URLs livecheck tries, any strategies that apply, matched versions, etc. `brew livecheck --debug --resources ` will provides livecheck's debug information about the resources as well. - -> Note: `--resources` flag only works with Formulae. +1. **Use the debug output to understand the situation**. `brew livecheck --debug |` provides information about which URLs livecheck tries, any strategies that apply, matched versions, etc. 1. **Research available sources to select a URL**. Try removing the file name from `stable`/`url`, to see if this is a directory listing page. If that doesn't work, try to find a page that links to the file (e.g. a download page). If it's not possible to find the newest version on the website, try checking other sources from the formula/cask. When necessary, search for other sources outside of the formula/cask.