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Document installation via Homebrew#2629

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@EliahKagan Eliah Kagan (EliahKagan) commented May 30, 2026

Closes #759

As described in #759 (comment), Homebrew has provided gitoxide, we just hadn't mentioned it in any documentation. This fixes that, mentioning it in the section of the readme that mentions other downstream distributions.

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`gitoxide` has been available in homebrew-core since May 2023, where
each release is packaged automatically soon after it's published, but
the installation instructions never mentioned it: they only covered
`cargo binstall`, two Linux distributions, and building from source.
Add a Homebrew section so macOS (and GNU/Linux) users can install the
`gix` and `ein` binaries with `brew install gitoxide`.

The formula was added to homebrew-core in Homebrew/homebrew-core#129719.

Closes GitoxideLabs#759

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Pull request overview

This PR documents the existing Homebrew installation path for gitoxide, adding it to the README’s installation options alongside other binary/package-manager methods.

Changes:

  • Adds a new “Install with Homebrew” subsection.
  • Documents brew install gitoxide for macOS and Linux users.

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@EliahKagan Eliah Kagan (EliahKagan) marked this pull request as ready for review May 30, 2026 15:27
@EliahKagan Eliah Kagan (EliahKagan) merged commit 3b4e436 into GitoxideLabs:main May 30, 2026
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