feat: add Homebrew Cask distribution (stable + nightly) - #157
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- Add Homebrew Cask definitions (vocamac, vocamac-nightly) - Add auto-update workflow for tap repo on release publish - Modify nightly.yml to upload stable-named DMG/ZIP assets for cask - Add comprehensive Homebrew documentation (docs/HOMEBREW.md) - Update ARCHITECTURE.md and RELEASE.md with Homebrew references
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Summary
Adds Homebrew Cask support so users can install VocaMac with
brew install --cask vocamac(stable) orbrew install --cask vocamac-nightly(nightly builds).What's included
homebrew/Casks/vocamac.rbhomebrew/Casks/vocamac-nightly.rbversion :latest, points to stable-named nightly DMGhomebrew/README.mdjatinkrmalik/homebrew-vocamac).github/workflows/update-homebrew-cask.yml.github/workflows/nightly.ymlVocaMac-nightly-arm64.dmgalongside dated artifactsdocs/HOMEBREW.mddocs/ARCHITECTURE.mddocs/RELEASE.mdHow it works
Stable release:
release.yml)update-homebrew-cask.ymltriggers → downloads DMG → computes sha256 → pushes updated cask tojatinkrmalik/homebrew-vocamacbrew upgrade --cask vocamacNightly:
nightly.ymlbuilds daily → now also uploadsVocaMac-nightly-arm64.dmg(stable name) alongside datedVocaMac-nightly-20260606-abc1234-arm64.dmgversion :latest+sha256 :no_check— no auto-update workflow neededbrew reinstall --cask vocamac-nightlyto get latestConflicts: Both casks install to
/Applications/VocaMac.app, so they declareconflicts_witheach other.Setup required (already done)
jatinkrmalik/homebrew-vocamacHOMEBREW_TAP_TOKENsecret added tovocamacrepohomebrew/Casks/*.rbandhomebrew/README.mdto the tap repo (one-time)Future: submit to homebrew-cask
Once VocaMac hits ~75 stars, the cask can be submitted to
Homebrew/homebrew-caskforbrew install --cask vocamacwithout a tap. Seedocs/HOMEBREW.mdfor requirements.