Homebrew Tap For Base

This repository is the Homebrew tap for Base.

Install

Install Base:

brew trust basefoundry/base
brew install basefoundry/base/base
basectl setup
basectl update-profile
exec "$SHELL" -l

The trust step is required on Homebrew versions that block formulae from non-official taps until the tap is trusted. It is safe to run again on machines that already trust basefoundry/base.

Homebrew installs the Base files, but basectl setup still prepares the local Base runtime under ~/.base.d/base/.venv.

Install the standalone Bash libraries:

brew trust basefoundry/base
brew install basefoundry/base/base-bash-libs
source "$(brew --prefix basefoundry/base/base-bash-libs)/libexec/lib/bash/std/lib_std.sh"

Development

brew tap basefoundry/base
brew trust basefoundry/base
brew install basefoundry/base/base
brew install basefoundry/base/base-bash-libs
brew install --build-from-source Formula/base.rb
brew install --build-from-source Formula/base-bash-libs.rb
brew test basefoundry/base/base
brew test basefoundry/base/base-bash-libs
brew audit --new --formula Formula/base.rb

The stable formula installs Base from a versioned release archive. The formula's head stanza remains available for local development against Base's main branch.

Build Bottles

Build Homebrew bottles from a tap release branch after Formula/base.rb points at a published Base tag. The workflow builds bottle artifacts for Base and its tap-owned base-bash-libs dependency, publishes the tarballs to a tap GitHub Release named base-vX.Y.Z, merges the generated bottle stanzas into the formula files, and pushes that change back to the same branch.

Use the GitHub Actions Build Base Bottles workflow on the tap release branch, then review the branch diff before merging the tap PR.

After the tap PR is merged, verify the consumer bottle path:

brew update
brew trust basefoundry/base
brew install --force-bottle basefoundry/base/base
brew test basefoundry/base/base
brew upgrade --no-ask basefoundry/base/base

Use brew reinstall --force-bottle basefoundry/base/base when Base is already installed on the validation host.