From b016c2eae516c7a631a75b41b3425c24b868b796 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Vandenberg <flangy@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 10:40:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Support external commands

Homebrew will now look for external commands that are +x on PATH, named
as "brew-<cmd>" or "brew-<cmd>.rb"

* Shell scripts are exec'd with some HOMEBREW variables set in the ENV.
* Ruby scripts are require'd directly.

See: http://wiki.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/external-commands
---
 bin/brew | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bin/brew b/bin/brew
index 3b5ac4fedc..95b0772510 100755
--- a/bin/brew
+++ b/bin/brew
@@ -377,6 +377,23 @@ begin
     brew_doctor
 
   else
+    # Check for an external shell command
+    if system "/usr/bin/which -s brew-#{arg}"
+      # Add some Homebrew vars to the ENV
+      ['CACHE', 'CELLAR', 'LIBRARY_PATH', 'PREFIX', 'REPOSITORY'].each do |e|
+        ENV["HOMEBREW_#{e}"] = eval("HOMEBREW_#{e}")
+      end
+      exec("brew-#{arg}", *ARGV)
+    end
+
+    # Check for an external ruby command
+    external_rb = `/usr/bin/which brew-#{arg}.rb`.chomp
+    unless external_rb.empty?
+      require external_rb
+      exit 0
+    end
+
+    # Check for git commands
     if ['branch', 'checkout', 'pull', 'push', 'rebase', 'reset'].include? arg
       onoe "Unknown command: #{arg} (did you mean 'git #{arg}'?)"
     else