The quotation below is the instruction to contribute to brew-cask. However, I could not understand the sentence: github_user='<my-github-username>', I do not know whether should I input <>, and what is the github_user?
There is one email address, two names for one single GitHub account. What is more, when I input the last sentence: cask-repair --pull origin --push $github_user $outdated_cask. There is 2 errors: the requested upstream branch 'Andy1984' does not exist, and
Error creating pull request: Unprocessable Entity (HTTP 422)
Invalid value for "head"
and the result is There was an error submitting the pull request. Have you forked the repo and made sure the pull and push remotes exist? I am quite sure I followed the instructions. What is wrong?
# install and setup script - only needed once
brew install vitorgalvao/tiny-scripts/cask-repair
cask-repair --help
# fork homebrew-cask to your account - only needed once
cd "$(brew --repository)/Library/Taps/caskroom/homebrew-cask/Casks"
hub fork
# use to update <outdated_cask>
outdated_cask='<the-cask-i-want-to-update>'
github_user='<my-github-username>'
cd "$(brew --repository)/Library/Taps/caskroom/homebrew-cask/Casks"
cask-repair --pull origin --push $github_user $outdated_cask
According to the documentation you can also use a script to push new version of an existing cask.
Check: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#updating-a-cask
# install and setup script - only needed once
brew install vitorgalvao/tiny-scripts/cask-repair
cask-repair --help
# use to update <outdated_cask>
cask-repair <outdated_cask>