Automatic updates for Homebrew

This is a little thingy that automatically calls brew update and optionally brew fetch and brew upgrade on a schedule. By default, it does so every day at 7am and sends you a notification when something new is available.

To install, use

brew install straxhaber/auto-update/brew-auto-update --HEAD

and then follow the instructions that are printed:

==> Caveats
To have launchd start straxhaber/auto-update/brew-auto-update now and restart at login:
  brew services start straxhaber/auto-update/brew-auto-update

The App Store preferences for checking for updates are respected, so to turn off updating or fetching, change the settings there.

History

This project was started by petere. I forked his project to:

• enable automatic Homebrew upgrades, and
• merge improvements from jsok and xakraz.

Feel free to submit issues and pull requests with improvements.