SocketDev / SocketDev/socket-cli
Add homebrew distribution
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 317
- Forks
- 65
- Avg merge
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- Merged PRs (30d)
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Description
On MacOS Homebrew https://brew.sh is the defacto package manager to install Apps or CLIs.
Using npm for distributing the cli has some downsides
One I ran into today was that:
I use fnm to manage Node versions, which keeps multiple versions of Node and NPM and depending on the project needs it switches to the correct version using symlinks.
Since the cli is installed globally and the npm stores that in a folder scoped to a specific Node version, when I try to use the cli in a different repo which uses a different version of Node (and hence npm) the socket cli is not found.
With Homebrew distribution, the whole system gets the same socket cli version, unlike Node, Homebrew is installed system-wide and doesn't change per-project.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reviewing the existing npm packaging and release configuration, then determine where a Homebrew distribution would be integrated. Done means the CLI can be installed through Homebrew system-wide and remains available when projects use different Node versions; verify the installation and invocation path.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- cli, release
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100