...as line 9 always fails.

Changing it to

    Pathname.new("~/.config/brew-aliases").expand_path

should fix it, but then the latter condition ("~/.brew-aliases") is never reached.

I just followed the readme:

❯ brew alias status='!git status'
❯ brew alias status              
brew alias status='!git status'
❯ brew unalias status       
Error: undefined method `named' for ["status"]:Array
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-aliases/cmd/unalias.rb:22:in `unalias'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:110:in `<main>'

unalias always says the alias doesn't exist.
alias --edit always says the alias already exists (which is true, but shouldn't be an error).

$ brew alias
brew alias overwrite='info %'
brew alias i='install'
$ brew unalias overwrite
Error: 'brew overwrite' is not aliased to anything.
$ brew alias --edit overwrite
Error: 'brew overwrite' already exists. Sorry.
$ brew unalias i
Error: 'brew i' is not aliased to anything.

For more exposure of a cool idea 😀

General troubleshooting steps

• I have retried my command with --force and the issue is still present.
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• None of the templates was appropriate for my issue, or I’m not sure.
• I ran brew update-reset && brew update and retried my command.
• I ran brew doctor, fixed as many issues as possible and retried my command.
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Description of issue

brew tap "homebrew/aliases"
brew alias all='update;brew upgrade;brew cask upgrade;brew cleanup;brew cask cleanup;brew doctor'

Command works as expected, creating the appropriate alias, with no functional issue. But, the command returns the following:

Warning: Calling <<-EOS.undent is deprecated!
Use <<~EOS instead.
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-aliases/cmd/brew-alias.rb:75:in `write'
Please report this to the homebrew/aliases tap!

Warning: Calling <<-EOS.undent is deprecated!
Use <<~EOS instead.
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-aliases/cmd/brew-alias.rb:95:in `block in write'
Please report this to the homebrew/aliases tap!

Output of your command with --verbose --debug

/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:107:in `exit'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:107:in `<main>'

Output of brew cask doctor

Your system is ready to brew.

brew alias command results in Error: Is a directory @ rb_sysopen - ${HOME}/.brew-aliases

I have a fresh install of homebrew and homebrew-aliases on macos catalina and none of the aliases I created take effect.

$ brew --version

Homebrew 3.0.5-62-gacfe9d2
Homebrew/homebrew-core (git revision ee7e17270e; last commit 2021-03-15)
Homebrew/homebrew-cask (git revision 86545bc466; last commit 2021-03-15)

$ brew tap --debug --verbose

adoptopenjdk/openjdk
aws/tap
chrokh/tap
colindean/fonts-nonfree
homebrew/aliases
homebrew/cask
homebrew/cask-fonts
homebrew/cask-versions
homebrew/command-not-found
homebrew/core
jmespath/jmespath
minio/stable
paulfitz/data
rbenv/tap
saulpw/vd
srkomodo/tap
universal-ctags/universal-ctags

$ brew alias

brew alias upg='upgrade'
brew alias ci='cask install'
brew alias i='install'
brew alias old='outdated'
brew alias cold='outdated --cask'
brew alias cupg='cask upgrade'

$ brew old

Error: Unknown command: old

$ type -a brew

brew is /usr/local/bin/brew
brew is /usr/local/bin/brew

$ which brew

/usr/local/bin/brew

$ echo $SHELL

/usr/local/bin/fish

$ ls ~/.brew-aliases

ci cold cupg i old upg

I am not sure what the issue is, but if there is any more information I can provide to help diagnose the issue please reach out.

I have aliases I find generally useful like https://github.com/texastoland/dotfiles/blob/main/.config/brew-aliases/tree or a version of bundle dump that adds tree's output in a frontmatter. Is it possible to share them via a tap or something?

As title.

I understand the backwards compatibility issue. It'd be nice to at least be able to configure the directory. Generally I'd expect it in .config/brew-aliases.

Tried to create a simple alias with the "!" prefix, like so:

bash-4.4$ brew alias toast="!echo I like toast"
bash: !echo: event not found

The standard usage seems to work though.

Running brew alias -anything="12d" gives traceback of

/usr/local/Library/brew.rb:101:in `exit'
/usr/local/Library/brew.rb:101:in `<main>'

The alias still works, and the exit code is 0. From testing, it looks like it needs the alias to start with -, and the third character in the command needs to be a d. I have no clue why this happens...

(I found this by running brew alias -Syu="update && brew info")

That's what I get when running brew commands after latest updates.

Also, brew tap-info tells:

λ brew tap-info homebrew/aliases
homebrew/aliases: unpinned, 3 commands                     <------------ 3 commands?
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-aliases (194 files, 125.6KB)
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-aliases

Great to see that you have such a useful tool!

I am thinking about why not have a tool for homebrew-cask command line? Which does the same thing as homebrew-aliases but the command starts with cask. How do you like the idea?