Apple - how do I write a homebrew recipe?
This Homebrew README gives these steps (with links to more information):
Contributing
In short:
- Fork Homebrew.
brew create http://example.com/foo-0.1.tar.gz
git checkout -b foo
git commit Library/Formula/foo.rb && git push
- Pull Request.
In long:
- Formula Cookbook
- Acceptable Formulae
Homebrew formulas are written in Ruby (tested against Ruby 2.0.0). Knowledge of Ruby certainly helps, but you might be able to get a feel for how to do basic procedures like you outline above just by reading a few existing formulae.
Getting a formula accepted also requires a little knowledge of Git and GitHub pull requests, but is covered How to open a Homebrew pull request (and get it merged)