GoReleaser and Homebrew setup

goreleaser_homebrew.md

CONFIGURING GORELEASER TO BUILD HOMEBREW BINARIES

In .github/workflows/release.yml file:

      - name: run GoReleaser
        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v6
        env:
          HOMEBREW_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HOMEBREW_TOKEN }}
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          args: release --clean

---

In .goreleaser.yml file:

brews:
  - name: SomePgm
    repository:
      owner: MyUser
      name: homebrew-tap
      token: "{{ .Env.HOMEBREW_TOKEN }}"
    commit_author:
      name: MyUser
      email: MyUser@users.noreply.github.com
    homepage: https://github.com/MyUser/MyRepo
    description: "a cli program that does something"
    test: system "#{bin}/SomePgm -v"
    install: bin.install "SomePgm"

---

GitHub Project Settings

• click on repo Settings
• on the left side, click on Secrets and Variables and then Actions (which is hidden until you click Secrets and Variables)
• on the right side, clicked the Secrets tab
• click the New Repository Secret button
• add a HOMEBREW_TOKEN token