From dc1be896d8edb63cf1afd168a331a86b6fe2f289 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Nagel <jacknagel@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 15:22:36 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] tab: allow retrieving tabs from arbitrary kegs

This will be useful in places where we need information about things
other than the currently linked keg, such as `brew info`.

Signed-off-by: Jack Nagel <jacknagel@gmail.com>
---
 Library/Homebrew/tab.rb | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/tab.rb b/Library/Homebrew/tab.rb
index 9eb9a34a95..ec80b0204f 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/tab.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/tab.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ class Tab < OpenStruct
     return tab
   end
 
+  def self.for_keg keg
+    path = keg+'INSTALL_RECEIPT.json'
+
+    if path.exist?
+      self.from_file path
+    else
+      self.dummy_tab Formula.factory(keg.parent.basename)
+    end
+  end
+
   def self.for_formula f
     f = Formula.factory f unless f.kind_of? Formula
     path = HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY + 'Library' + 'LinkedKegs' + f.name + 'INSTALL_RECEIPT.json'
@@ -42,11 +52,15 @@ class Tab < OpenStruct
       # TODO:
       # This isn't the best behavior---perhaps a future version of Homebrew can
       # treat missing Tabs as errors.
-      Tab.new :used_options => [],
-              :unused_options => f.options.map { |o, _| o}
+      self.dummy_tab f
     end
   end
 
+  def self.dummy_tab f
+    Tab.new :used_options => [],
+            :unused_options => f.options.map { |o, _| o}
+  end
+
   def installed_with? opt
     used_options.include? opt
   end