[AC] Migrate from brew

AGENTS.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This is a personal dotfiles repository targeting macOS (Apple Silicon + Intel) a
 
 Setup is platform-specific and runs from the repo root:
 
-- **macOS:** `./setup_mac.sh` — brews dependencies, creates a `neovim` virtualenv, then calls `./clone_and_link_mac.sh`. Uses GNU coreutils' `gln` (not `ln`), so coreutils must be installed first.
+- **macOS:** `./setup_mac.sh` — brews dependencies, installs the latest verified upstream Alacritty release, creates a `neovim` virtualenv, then calls `./clone_and_link_mac.sh`. Uses GNU coreutils' `gln` (not `ln`), so coreutils must be installed first.
 - **Arch:** `./setup_arch.sh` — pacman deps, then `./clone_and_link.sh` + `./copy_fonts_arch.sh`.
 - `clone_and_link*.sh` create the symlinks (`~/.zsh`, `~/.zshrc`, `~/.tmux`, `~/.tmux.conf`, `~/.config/nvim`, `~/.config/alacritty`, virtualenvwrapper hooks). `link_config.sh` is a simpler standalone variant.
 - `general_setup.sh` switches the login shell to zsh and triggers plugin installs.
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ Practical rule: **edit the `.example` source, not the generated symlink target.*
 
 ## Maintenance
 
-- `./update_mac.sh` — macOS update runner. Default (no args) runs `--brew-update --cleanup --diagnostics --update-others`; other flags: `--system-update`, `--permission-fix` (strips Caskroom/App quarantine xattrs). Run `./update_mac.sh --help` for the list. `--update-others` also runs `claude --update` and `Codex --update`.
+- `./update_mac.sh` — macOS update runner. Default (no args) runs `--brew-update --cleanup --diagnostics --update-others`; other flags: `--system-update`, `--permission-fix` (strips Caskroom/App quarantine xattrs). Run `./update_mac.sh --help` for the list. `--update-others` also updates Alacritty from its verified upstream release, then runs `claude --update` and `Codex --update`.
-- `brew_autoupdate` — sets up scheduled brew auto-updates.
+- `brew_autoupdate` — runs scheduled brew and Alacritty auto-updates.

brew_autoupdate

@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ export HOMEBREW_LOGS='/Users/ising/Library/Logs/Homebrew'
 export SUDO_ASKPASS='/Users/ising/Library/Application Support/com.github.domt4.homebrew-autoupdate/brew_autoupdate_sudo_gui'
 defaults export com.apple.dock "/tmp/dock-layout.plist"
 /bin/date && /opt/homebrew/bin/brew update && /opt/homebrew/bin/brew upgrade --formula -v && /opt/homebrew/bin/brew upgrade --cask -v && /opt/homebrew/bin/brew cleanup && /usr/bin/open -g /opt/homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-autoupdate/notifier/brew-autoupdate.app
+/Users/ising/dotfiles/install_alacritty_mac.sh
 defaults import com.apple.dock "/tmp/dock-layout.plist"
 killall dock

install_alacritty_mac.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,265 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+readonly RELEASE_API="https://api.github.com/repos/alacritty/alacritty/releases/latest"
+readonly APPLICATIONS_DIR="/Applications"
+readonly APP_NAME="Alacritty.app"
+
+temp_dir=""
+mount_point=""
+
+cleanup() {
+    if [[ -n "$mount_point" && -d "$mount_point" ]]; then
+        hdiutil detach "$mount_point" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    fi
+    if [[ -n "$temp_dir" && -d "$temp_dir" ]]; then
+        rm -rf "$temp_dir"
+    fi
+}
+
+trap cleanup EXIT INT TERM
+
+die() {
+    echo "Alacritty update failed: $*" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+require_command() {
+    command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "required command not found: $1"
+}
+
+app_version() {
+    /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print :CFBundleShortVersionString" \
+        "$1/Contents/Info.plist" 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
+version_is_newer() {
+    local left="${1%%-*}"
+    local right="${2%%-*}"
+    local left_major left_minor left_patch
+    local right_major right_minor right_patch
+
+    IFS=. read -r left_major left_minor left_patch <<< "$left"
+    IFS=. read -r right_major right_minor right_patch <<< "$right"
+
+    [[ "$left_major" =~ ^[0-9]+$ && "$left_minor" =~ ^[0-9]+$ && "$left_patch" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || return 1
+    [[ "$right_major" =~ ^[0-9]+$ && "$right_minor" =~ ^[0-9]+$ && "$right_patch" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || return 1
+
+    (( 10#$left_major > 10#$right_major )) && return 0
+    (( 10#$left_major < 10#$right_major )) && return 1
+    (( 10#$left_minor > 10#$right_minor )) && return 0
+    (( 10#$left_minor < 10#$right_minor )) && return 1
+    (( 10#$left_patch > 10#$right_patch ))
+}
+
+run_for_applications() {
+    if [[ -w "$APPLICATIONS_DIR" ]]; then
+        "$@"
+    else
+        sudo "$@"
+    fi
+}
+
+safe_link() {
+    local source="$1"
+    local destination="$2"
+
+    if [[ -e "$destination" && ! -L "$destination" ]]; then
+        die "will not replace non-symlink: $destination"
+    fi
+    ln -sfn "$source" "$destination"
+}
+
+assert_linkable() {
+    local destination="$1"
+
+    if [[ -e "$destination" && ! -L "$destination" ]]; then
+        die "will not replace non-symlink: $destination"
+    fi
+}
+
+validate_shell_artifacts() {
+    local app="$1"
+    local brew_prefix="$2"
+    local resources="$app/Contents/Resources"
+    local source manpage section
+
+    for source in \
+        "$app/Contents/MacOS/alacritty" \
+        "$resources/completions/alacritty.bash" \
+        "$resources/completions/alacritty.fish" \
+        "$resources/completions/_alacritty" \
+        "$resources/61/alacritty" \
+        "$resources/61/alacritty-direct"; do
+        [[ -f "$source" ]] || die "required artifact is missing: ${source#"$app/"}"
+    done
+
+    assert_linkable "$brew_prefix/bin/alacritty"
+    assert_linkable "$brew_prefix/etc/bash_completion.d/alacritty"
+    assert_linkable "$brew_prefix/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/alacritty.fish"
+    assert_linkable "$brew_prefix/share/zsh/site-functions/_alacritty"
+    assert_linkable "$HOME/.terminfo/61/alacritty"
+    assert_linkable "$HOME/.terminfo/61/alacritty-direct"
+
+    for section in 1 5 7; do
+        for manpage in "$resources"/*."$section".gz; do
+            [[ -e "$manpage" ]] || continue
+            assert_linkable "$brew_prefix/share/man/man$section/${manpage##*/}"
+        done
+    done
+}
+
+install_shell_artifacts() {
+    local app="$APPLICATIONS_DIR/$APP_NAME"
+    local resources="$app/Contents/Resources"
+    local brew_prefix="$1"
+    local manpage section
+
+    mkdir -p \
+        "$brew_prefix/bin" \
+        "$brew_prefix/etc/bash_completion.d" \
+        "$brew_prefix/share/fish/vendor_completions.d" \
+        "$brew_prefix/share/zsh/site-functions" \
+        "$brew_prefix/share/man/man1" \
+        "$brew_prefix/share/man/man5" \
+        "$brew_prefix/share/man/man7" \
+        "$HOME/.terminfo/61"
+
+    safe_link "$app/Contents/MacOS/alacritty" "$brew_prefix/bin/alacritty"
+    safe_link "$resources/completions/alacritty.bash" "$brew_prefix/etc/bash_completion.d/alacritty"
+    safe_link "$resources/completions/alacritty.fish" "$brew_prefix/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/alacritty.fish"
+    safe_link "$resources/completions/_alacritty" "$brew_prefix/share/zsh/site-functions/_alacritty"
+    safe_link "$resources/61/alacritty" "$HOME/.terminfo/61/alacritty"
+    safe_link "$resources/61/alacritty-direct" "$HOME/.terminfo/61/alacritty-direct"
+
+    for section in 1 5 7; do
+        for manpage in "$resources"/*."$section".gz; do
+            [[ -e "$manpage" ]] || continue
+            safe_link "$manpage" "$brew_prefix/share/man/man$section/${manpage##*/}"
+        done
+    done
+}
+
+restore_previous_app() {
+    local destination="$1"
+    local backup="$2"
+
+    run_for_applications rm -rf "$destination"
+    if [[ -d "$backup" ]]; then
+        run_for_applications /usr/bin/ditto "$backup" "$destination"
+    fi
+}
+
+main() {
+    local destination="$APPLICATIONS_DIR/$APP_NAME"
+    local release_json latest_tag latest_version asset_name asset_url asset_digest
+    local expected_sha actual_sha dmg staged_app staged_version installed_version
+    local previous_app brew_prefix brew_managed=false
+
+    [[ "$(uname -s)" == "Darwin" ]] || die "this installer only supports macOS"
+
+    require_command brew
+    require_command curl
+    require_command jq
+    require_command hdiutil
+    require_command codesign
+
+    brew_prefix="$(brew --prefix)"
+    if brew list --cask alacritty >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        brew_managed=true
+    fi
+
+    temp_dir="$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/alacritty-update.XXXXXX")"
+    release_json="$temp_dir/release.json"
+
+    curl --fail --location --silent --show-error --retry 3 \
+        -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+        -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+        "$RELEASE_API" -o "$release_json"
+
+    latest_tag="$(jq -er '.tag_name' "$release_json")"
+    latest_version="${latest_tag#v}"
+    asset_name="Alacritty-${latest_tag}.dmg"
+    asset_url="$(jq -er --arg asset "$asset_name" \
+        '.assets[] | select(.name == $asset) | .browser_download_url' "$release_json")"
+    asset_digest="$(jq -er --arg asset "$asset_name" \
+        '.assets[] | select(.name == $asset) | .digest' "$release_json")"
+
+    [[ "$asset_digest" == sha256:* ]] || die "GitHub did not provide a SHA-256 digest for $asset_name"
+    expected_sha="$(printf '%s' "${asset_digest#sha256:}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+    [[ "$expected_sha" =~ ^[[:xdigit:]]{64}$ ]] || die "invalid SHA-256 digest for $asset_name"
+
+    installed_version=""
+    if [[ -d "$destination" ]]; then
+        installed_version="$(app_version "$destination")"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "$installed_version" == "$latest_version" && "$brew_managed" == false ]]; then
+        validate_shell_artifacts "$destination" "$brew_prefix"
+        install_shell_artifacts "$brew_prefix"
+        echo "Alacritty $installed_version is already up to date."
+        return
+    fi
+    if [[ -n "$installed_version" ]] && version_is_newer "$installed_version" "$latest_version"; then
+        echo "Installed Alacritty $installed_version is newer than stable $latest_version; leaving it unchanged."
+        return
+    fi
+
+    echo "Installing Alacritty $latest_version from the upstream release."
+    dmg="$temp_dir/$asset_name"
+    curl --fail --location --silent --show-error --retry 3 "$asset_url" -o "$dmg"
+
+    actual_sha="$(shasum -a 256 "$dmg" | awk '{print $1}')"
+    [[ "$actual_sha" == "$expected_sha" ]] || die "SHA-256 mismatch for $asset_name"
+
+    mount_point="$temp_dir/mount"
+    mkdir -p "$mount_point"
+    hdiutil attach "$dmg" -nobrowse -readonly -mountpoint "$mount_point" >/dev/null
+    [[ -d "$mount_point/$APP_NAME" ]] || die "$APP_NAME is missing from $asset_name"
+
+    staged_app="$temp_dir/$APP_NAME"
+    /usr/bin/ditto "$mount_point/$APP_NAME" "$staged_app"
+    hdiutil detach "$mount_point" >/dev/null
+    mount_point=""
+
+    staged_version="$(app_version "$staged_app")"
+    [[ "$staged_version" == "$latest_version" ]] || die "release metadata says $latest_version, app says $staged_version"
+    codesign --verify --deep --strict "$staged_app" || die "the staged app has an invalid ad-hoc signature"
+    xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "$staged_app" 2>/dev/null || true
+    validate_shell_artifacts "$staged_app" "$brew_prefix"
+
+    previous_app="$temp_dir/previous/$APP_NAME"
+    if [[ -d "$destination" ]]; then
+        mkdir -p "${previous_app%/*}"
+        /usr/bin/ditto "$destination" "$previous_app"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "$brew_managed" == true ]]; then
+        echo "Migrating Alacritty away from the disabled Homebrew cask."
+        if ! brew uninstall --cask alacritty; then
+            restore_previous_app "$destination" "$previous_app"
+            install_shell_artifacts "$brew_prefix" || true
+            die "Homebrew could not uninstall its Alacritty cask"
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if ! run_for_applications rm -rf "$destination" || \
+       ! run_for_applications /usr/bin/ditto "$staged_app" "$destination"; then
+        restore_previous_app "$destination" "$previous_app"
+        die "could not install $destination"
+    fi
+
+    if ! codesign --verify --deep --strict "$destination" || \
+       [[ "$(app_version "$destination")" != "$latest_version" ]]; then
+        restore_previous_app "$destination" "$previous_app"
+        die "installed app validation failed; restored the previous app"
+    fi
+
+    install_shell_artifacts "$brew_prefix"
+    echo "Alacritty $latest_version installed successfully."
+}
+
+if [[ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" == "$0" ]]; then
+    main "$@"
+fi

setup_mac.sh

@@ -6,14 +6,16 @@
 # Distributed under terms of the MIT license.
 #
 
-brew install neovim tmux alacritty coreutils cmake golang npm virtualenvwrapper
+brew install neovim tmux coreutils cmake golang jq npm virtualenvwrapper
-source /opt/homebrew/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
+./install_alacritty_mac.sh
+BREW_PREFIX="$(brew --prefix)"
+source "$BREW_PREFIX/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh"
 mkvirtualenv neovim
 pip3 install pynvim
 npm install -g neovim
-echo For alacritty to work seemlessly with tmux, we will have to add '/usr/local/bin'\
+echo For alacritty to work seamlessly with tmux, we will add the Homebrew bin directory\
     to the path. This will require your root password.
-sudo launchctl config user path /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin 
+sudo launchctl config user path /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:"$BREW_PREFIX/bin":/usr/local/bin
 cp $PWD/nvim/scheme.vim.template $PWD/nvim/scheme.vim
 cp $PWD/.config/alacritty/schemes.yml.template $PWD/.config/alacritty/schemes.yml
 ./clone_and_link_mac.sh

update_mac.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+SCRIPT_SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+while [[ -L "$SCRIPT_SOURCE" ]]; do
+    SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd -P "$(dirname "$SCRIPT_SOURCE")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
+    SCRIPT_SOURCE="$(readlink "$SCRIPT_SOURCE")"
+    [[ "$SCRIPT_SOURCE" != /* ]] && SCRIPT_SOURCE="$SCRIPT_DIR/$SCRIPT_SOURCE"
+done
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd -P "$(dirname "$SCRIPT_SOURCE")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
+
 ARCH=`uname -m`
 if [[ $ARCH == "arm64" ]]; then
     PREFIX="/opt/homebrew/"
@@ -55,6 +63,9 @@ function update_others {
     echo "Update other stuff"
     echo "----------"
 
+    echo "-- ALACRITTY"
+    "$SCRIPT_DIR/install_alacritty_mac.sh" || echo "Alacritty update failed." >&2
+
     if [ -x "$(command -v claude)" ]; then
         echo "-- CLAUDE"
         claude --update