Merge pull request #14943 from MikeMcQuaid/api_auto_update_less_often

Library/Homebrew/api.rb

@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ module Homebrew
 
       skip_download = target.exist? &&
                       !target.empty? &&
-                      (Homebrew::EnvConfig.no_auto_update? ||
+                      (!Homebrew.auto_update_command? ||
+                        Homebrew::EnvConfig.no_auto_update? ||
                       ((Time.now - Homebrew::EnvConfig.api_auto_update_secs.to_i) < target.mtime))
       skip_download ||= Homebrew.running_as_root_but_not_owned_by_root?
 

Library/Homebrew/brew.sh

@@ -269,17 +269,7 @@ auto-update() {
   # If we've checked for updates, we don't need to check again.
   export HOMEBREW_AUTO_UPDATE_CHECKED="1"
 
-  AUTO_UPDATE_COMMANDS=(
-    install
-    upgrade
-    bump-formula-pr
-    bump-cask-pr
-    bundle
-    release
-  )
-
-  if check-array-membership "${HOMEBREW_COMMAND}" "${AUTO_UPDATE_COMMANDS[@]}" ||
-     [[ "${HOMEBREW_COMMAND}" == "tap" && "${HOMEBREW_ARG_COUNT}" -gt 1 ]]
+  if [[ -n "${HOMEBREW_AUTO_UPDATE_COMMAND}" ]]
   then
     export HOMEBREW_AUTO_UPDATING="1"
 
@@ -816,6 +806,22 @@ then
   unset HOMEBREW_RUBY_WARNINGS
 fi
 
+# Check for commands that should call `brew update --auto-update` first.
+AUTO_UPDATE_COMMANDS=(
+  install
+  outdated
+  upgrade
+  bump-formula-pr
+  bump-cask-pr
+  bundle
+  release
+)
+if check-array-membership "${HOMEBREW_COMMAND}" "${AUTO_UPDATE_COMMANDS[@]}" ||
+   [[ "${HOMEBREW_COMMAND}" == "tap" && "${HOMEBREW_ARG_COUNT}" -gt 1 ]]
+then
+  export HOMEBREW_AUTO_UPDATE_COMMAND="1"
+fi
+
 # Disable Ruby options we don't need.
 export HOMEBREW_RUBY_DISABLE_OPTIONS="--disable=gems,rubyopt"
 

Library/Homebrew/global.rb

@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ module Homebrew
     def running_as_root_but_not_owned_by_root?
       running_as_root? && !owner_uid.zero?
     end
+
+    def auto_update_command?
+      ENV.fetch("HOMEBREW_AUTO_UPDATE_COMMAND", false).present?
+    end
   end
 end