vbrew
Script that should help alleviate pain of installing older brew formulas.
Why vbrew?
brew does not currently support the installation of older formula versions.
This is a solution to that problem.
Additionally, older formula versions are using a SHA256 that might no longer work
for the current version of your OS. vbrew will correct the SHA256 should this happen.
First time use
Assumes you are using SSH to clone, https support needs to be added.
Clone vbrew
git clone git@github.com:mvaal/vbrew.git vbrew
Run
./vbrew.sh
Add vbrew alias to your profile. The alias will print after first run.
alias vbrew="<repo-path>/vbrew.sh"
Usage
Other than installing specific formula versions, vbrew proxies all other calls to brew so you
can use it as if you were using brew itself
vbrew install terraform 0.12.24
vbrew uninstall terraform # Same as calling brew uninstall terraform
Running the install command will automatic switch to the older version.