git-ecosystem / git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager

postinstall: write output to log file

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Since May 22, 2023.

enhancement good-first-issue help-wanted installation platform:osx
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Description

Today GCM's postinstall script, which runs after the macOS installer to create symlinks, install Homebrew (if needed), etc. is something of a black box. This lack of visibility makes it difficult to diagnose installer-related issues such as #916. This can be mitigated by updating the postinstall script to write basic output/error information to a log file to improve the debugging experience.

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