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Brew: 4.5.8 Release

Release date:

June 23, 2025

Previous version:

4.5.7 (released June 14, 2025)

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11 total committers

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What's Changed

Add HOMEBREW_MACOS_NEWEST_SUPPORTED env var by @samford in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20112
Replace hardlinks with symlinks for brew tests by @abitrolly in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20115
MacOSVersion: enable strong typing, expand tests by @samford in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20108
Remove alias generic_* definitions in favour of using super by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20120
Remove vale FIXME by @abitrolly in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20123
a*.rb: move to strict Sorbet sigil. by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20121
Add Cask::Config RBI compiler by @samford in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20124
cask/audit: also check binary for minimum OS by @EricFromCanada in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20119
cask: move some files to strict Sorbet sigil. by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20125
utils/github/api: fix Sorbet types. by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20129
Refactor FormulaCreator args and call parse_url automatically by @abitrolly in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20116
cmd: set typed: strict by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20130
debrew: set typed: strict by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20131
dev-cmd: set typed: strict by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20132
requirements: set typed: strict by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20133
Fix type mismatch in brew info by @Rylan12 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20139
cask/installer: remove confusing zap messaging by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20138
download_strategy: fix caching of :latest downloads by @EricFromCanada in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20137
formula_creator: test GitHub repo call for archive|releases URLs by @abitrolly in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20136
rubocops: add no_autobump! rubocop by @botantony in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20126
tap: rely on new autobump list by @botantony in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20141
formula_creator: detect GitHub version from latest release by @abitrolly in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20025
rubocops/caveats: check for dynamic caveats. by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20135
Make some of the bundle commands Sorbet typed: true by @issyl0 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20145
Fix handling of class methods in extend/os by @Rylan12 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20152
Fix brew doctor cask handling on Linux by @Rylan12 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20151
download_strategy: fossil now outputs hash: by @EricFromCanada in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20150
create: strip 'v' prefix from version by @abitrolly in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20154
Improve brew doctor warnings about xattr and cask quarantine by @Rylan12 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20153
rubocops/caveats: only apply dynamic logic check to core. by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20155
language/: fix `_SHEBANG_REGEX` anchors by @carlocab in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20157
Revert "Make some of the bundle commands Sorbet typed: true" by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/20158

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/compare/4.5.7...4.5.8