I have been a Macintosh user for quite some time now and I have never, not once, not a single time, correctly distinguished "brew update" from "brew upgrade" on the first try

[schamschula@mastodon.social]

@NeueWelle @marcoarment Under FreeBSD pkg update downloads the currently available package list, while pkg upgrade downloads and installs the outdated packages. In the MacPorts world that corresponds to port sync and port upgrade outdated.

[pirijan@c.im]

@marcoarment truly the usb-a of terminal commands

[curtisbridges@mastodon.social]

@marcoarment I just make a single alias that updates everything and then i never have to remember anything but my naming convention.

[dluz@hachyderm.io]

@marcoarment The answer these days is simple! Just run `brew upgrade`, as it auto-updates. Erase `update` from your shell history and never wonder again.

[anyware@mastodon.social]

@marcoarment This is embarrassingly true! However, about two weeks ago, I had to manually type these many times, and for now (at least), I have it!

[matt_garber@mastodon.sdf.org]

@marcoarment Thankfully, I suppose, it at least matches the much longer history of Apt syntax behavior on Debian/Ubuntu servers, where you have to *update* the repo lists before being able to *upgrade* any outdated packages.

(And then I also make it easier by aliasing `brew update ; brew upgrade ; brew cleanup` as one run every few days.)

[drdrang@fosstodon.org]

@marcoarment It’s very simple. You use “brew update” when you want to update and “brew upgrade” when you want to upgrade.

[codingitwrong@oldbytes.space]

@curtisbridges @marcoarment yup mine is `brewup`

[malik@mastodon.social]

@marcoarment I‘m not alone

[tomhead@mastodon.social]

@marcoarment yep, yep, yep

Like `ln -s <source> <target>` or `ln -s <target> <source>`. Which is it? Hope I never end up in a situation where lives depend on getting it right...

[bbech@mastodon.social]

@marcoarment I never understand why I need to update then upgrade.

[wtl@mastodon.social]

@marcoarment