Homebrew installs the stuff you need that Apple (or your Linux system) didn't. Homebrew installs packages to their own directory and then symlinks their files into /usr/local.
Homebrew won't install files outside its prefix and you can place a Homebrew installation wherever you like. Trivially create your own Homebrew packages. It's all Git and Ruby underneath, so hack away with the knowledge that you can easily revert your modifications and merge upstream updates.
Homebrew formulas are simple Ruby scripts.
What's New
- os/mac/hardware/cpu: add M4 Pro/Max by @ZhongRuoyu in #18885
- update-maintainers: ignore accents when sorting names by @EricFromCanada in #18886
- workflows/docs: enable merge queue/group jobs. by @MikeMcQuaid in #18888
- Remove unsafe references from CLI and Formulary code by @dduugg in #18894
- Add missing utils/service require by @apainintheneck in #18900
- fix(livecheck/pypi): update to use json endpoint to query version by @chenrui333 in #18895
- Minor CLI code improvements by @dduugg in #18902
- cask/artifact/abstract_uninstall: handle sudo trashed paths correctly by @apainintheneck in #18904
- Pypi: Restore regex support by @samford in #18903
