zsh-brew-switcher
October 6, 2023 · View on GitHub
Automatically switch between Homebrew installations based on the current active arch, arm64 or x86_64, on Apple Silicon Macs.
📦 Installation
Install with your zsh plugin manager of choice.
with zplug
zplug fielding/zsh-brew-switcher, from:github, at:main
🚀 Usage
Simply run a zsh shell with a specified architecture the plugin will automatically switch to the correct brew installation for you based on the arch, $(arch), specified.
Extra
I planned to make a plugin to enable viewing the arch when it was x86_64 in a spaceship prompt, but somebody took care of it already. I recommend using these together, spaceship-arch
🍺 Homebrew Paths
On ARM64, Homebrew is installed to /opt/homebrew and the executable path is /opt/homebrew/bin/brew.
On X86_64, Homebrew is installed to /usr/local/Homebrew and the executable path is /usr/local/bin/brew.
The plugin handles running brew shellenv from the correct brew executable automatically based on the specified architecture.
🤝 Contributing
Pull requests are welcome! Feel free to open an issue for bugs or feature requests.
Inspiration
This plugin was inspired by https://www.applegamingwiki.com/wiki/Game_Porting_Toolkit! Thanks :heart: