swift-sh mit Homebrew installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage

Befehle und Aliase

• swift-sh
• swift-sh-edit

Projektgeschichte

The public repository was created in 2019. The README frames the project as a response to the friction of turning a quick Swift script into a full Swift package just to use dependencies, offering a shebang-based workflow instead.

Adoptionsgeschichte

The README documents Homebrew installation and explains that the installed `swift-sh` executable is discoverable through Swift's subcommand mechanism as `swift sh`. Homebrew lists bottles for macOS and Linux, matching the README's stated support for Linux and Mac.

Wie es verwendet wird

A script starts with `#!/usr/bin/swift sh` and declares dependencies in comments after import lines. swift-sh reads those comments, creates a cached SwiftPM package, builds it, and runs it with `swift run`; it also documents `swift sh edit` for Xcode editing and `swift sh eject` for converting a script into a package.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

swift-sh matters in package-manager culture because it narrows the gap between scripting and package-based dependency resolution. It makes SwiftPM usable for disposable or operational scripts without asking users to keep a full package directory around from the start.

Zeitleiste

• 2019: Public GitHub repository created.
• Current docs: Installed with Homebrew or built manually with `swift build`.
• Current docs: v2 requires Swift 5.1 and uses the active Swift toolchain to generate the temporary package manifest.

Related projects

• The README lists Beak and Marathon as alternatives and builds on Swift Package Manager, Xcode, and Swift's subcommand dispatch behavior.

Quellen

• https://api.github.com/repos/mxcl/swift-sh
• https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/swift-sh.json
• https://github.com/mxcl/swift-sh#readme