Can the output of brew bundle dump be sorted consistently?

[paddyroddy]

I'm tracking my .Brewfile in git and I see occasionally packages move around. I'm not sure how things are sorted currently, but could it be done on package name?

I'm running the command

brew bundle dump --describe --force --file $HOME/.Brewfile

[MikeMcQuaid]

I'm not sure how things are sorted currently

It's a topological sort. The ordering is important as otherwise you'll install dependencies in the not the order specified in the Brewfile.

but could it be done on package name?

It could but, due to the above, it should not be.

[paddyroddy]

It's a topological sort. The ordering is important as otherwise you'll install dependencies in the not the order specified in the Brewfile.

Fair enough. Although, I think that as long as tap remains at the top then it's fine. FWIW I have done the following:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
BREW_FILE=$HOME/.Brewfile
BREW_TYPES=(
    tap
    brew
    cask
    mas
)
TMP_FILE=/tmp/.Brewfile_unsorted

# update homebrew list
brew bundle dump --force --file $TMP_FILE

# sort the final output
## clear current contents
> $BREW_FILE
for type in ${BREW_TYPES[@]}; do
    ## extract lines starting with "type" and sort them
    grep --dereference-recursive "^${type}" $TMP_FILE | sort >> $BREW_FILE
done
## remove temporary file
rm $TMP_FILE

[MikeMcQuaid]

then it's fine

It's fine if you're happy for dependencies to be installed not when the Brewfile things they will be but before that and the error messages to not be clear about what package has failed to install.