Ran the documented command:
brew install yarlisaisolutions/sdods/sdodsHomebrew stops and asks me to confirm I trust the tap, and prints a brew trust command to run. I have installed plenty of things with brew and not seen this before, so before I type it: is that a normal step or a sign I have the wrong command?
Accepted answer
Normal, and it is Homebrew being careful rather than anything about SDODS. Third-party taps are not in homebrew/core, so the first install from one asks you to trust it explicitly. You have not seen it before because most of what you install lives in core.
You can read the formula before deciding — inspecting needs no trust, only installing does:
brew info yarlisaisolutions/sdods/sdodsWhat you will see: the formula holds no software of its own. It installs the published CLI packages and depends on Homebrew's node rather than vendoring one, so SDODS runs on the same Node as the rest of your toolchain. brew upgrade sdods updates it from then on.
Worth knowing what it gives you: the CLI, not the desktop app. If you were after the app, brew is not the channel — the download page has the installers.
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