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@HaraldNordgren HaraldNordgren commented Jan 11, 2026

brew info to display installation status indicators for formulae and casks. It's not at clear as it could be now, so this would be a good improvement.

The output shows a checkmark (✔) for installed formulae and a cross (✘) for uninstalled formulae, same as already happens for its dependencies.

❯ ./bin/brew info wget
==> wget ✘: stable 1.25.0, HEAD
Internet file retriever
https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
Not installed
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/w/wget.rb
License: GPL-3.0-or-later
==> Dependencies
Build: pkgconf ✔
Required: libidn2 ✘, openssl@3 ✘, gettext ✘, libunistring ✔
==> Options
--HEAD
	Install HEAD version
==> Analytics
install: 26,851 (30 days), 87,982 (90 days), 622,067 (365 days)
install-on-request: 26,639 (30 days), 87,080 (90 days), 618,174 (365 days)
build-error: 5 (30 days)

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@HaraldNordgren HaraldNordgren changed the title highlight installation status formula/cask: highlight installation status Jan 11, 2026
@HaraldNordgren HaraldNordgren force-pushed the hightlight_install_status branch 2 times, most recently from f001d74 to 5371392 Compare January 11, 2026 14:33
@HaraldNordgren HaraldNordgren changed the title formula/cask: highlight installation status info: highlight formula/cask installation status Jan 11, 2026
@HaraldNordgren HaraldNordgren changed the title info: highlight formula/cask installation status info: highlight formula and cask installation status (✔/✘) Jan 11, 2026
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@HaraldNordgren HaraldNordgren marked this pull request as ready for review January 11, 2026 15:48
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