From fba0a5c5cd7755bb80f8fa8fe37291890dc9ca35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Howell <max@methylblue.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 23:11:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] brew edit works if the file in question won't parse

---
 bin/brew | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/brew b/bin/brew
index e59a3d2f83..cebc147de8 100755
--- a/bin/brew
+++ b/bin/brew
@@ -124,9 +124,18 @@ begin
         exec 'mate', *Dir["#{HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY}/Library/*"]<<
                           "#{HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY}/bin/brew"<<
                           "#{HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY}/README.md"
-      else
-        exec_editor *ARGV.formulae.collect {|f| f.path}
+    else
+      # we don't use ARGV.formulae as that will throw if the file doesn't parse
+      paths = ARGV.named.collect do |name|
+        unless File.exist? path = "#{HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY}/Library/Formula/#{name}.rb"
+          require 'formula'
+          raise FormulaUnavailableError, name
+        else
+          path
+        end
       end
+      exec_editor *paths
+    end
 
     when 'up', 'update'
       require 'update'