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brew install rbenv-aliases

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overview

Package summary

Make aliases for Ruby versions

Project links

Commands and aliases

rbenv-alias
rbenv-unalias

history

Project history and usage

rbenv-aliases is an rbenv plugin that creates symbolic-link aliases for installed Ruby versions and can automatically update short version names to the latest installed patch release.

Project history

Tim Pope created rbenv-aliases to experiment with convenient names for installed Ruby versions. The plugin implements aliases as symbolic links inside rbenv's versions directory and can point a short release name at the latest installed patch release.

Adoption history

The supplied package metadata records a Homebrew formula. The plugin also integrates with ruby-build so installing a fully specified Ruby can automatically refresh a shorter point-release alias.

How it is used

Users invoke `rbenv alias <name> <version>` to create an alias and may add `--auto` to select the latest installed patch release. `rbenv unalias` removes aliases.

The plugin installs beneath `$(rbenv root)/plugins/rbenv-aliases`. It documents no independent persistent configuration or credentials file.

Why package nerds care

The plugin demonstrates how rbenv's filesystem-oriented design allows a small shell extension to add version semantics using symbolic links rather than modifying rbenv core.

Its README also highlights a reproducibility tradeoff: convenient moving aliases in `.ruby-version` files can make the selected patch release change as local installations change.

Timeline

Early rbenv plugin era: Tim Pope created the plugin to explore whether moving Ruby-version aliases were useful in practice.

Related projects

rbenv
ruby-build
rbenv-communal-gems

Sources

Distribution evidence: source_facts.package-manager
Official repository and README: https://github.com/tpope/rbenv-aliases

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`rbenv-alias`	cli	global executable
`rbenv-unalias`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-09-19

manager version1.1.0

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv1.1.0

https://github.com/tpope/rbenv-aliases

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:rbenv-aliases
Version	1.1.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/rbenv-aliases
Homepage	https://github.com/tpope/rbenv-aliases
Repository	https://github.com/tpope/rbenv-aliases
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/tpope/rbenv-aliases/archive/refs/tags/v1.1.0.tar.gz
Dependencies	rbenv
Bottle	available (on all)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	rbenv-aliases
Version Scheme	0
Revision	1
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/rbenv-aliases.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

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