brew bundle install should install taps first

[rami3l]

Output of brew config

HOMEBREW_VERSION: 5.0.9
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: bf65f9c19a7a62abcbdac9c30cf3ff844d0fd633
Last commit: 10 days ago
Branch: stable
Core tap JSON: 08 Jan 08:40 UTC
Core cask tap JSON: 08 Jan 08:40 UTC
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /opt/homebrew
HOMEBREW_BAT_THEME: base16-256
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: []
HOMEBREW_DOWNLOAD_CONCURRENCY: 20
HOMEBREW_EDITOR: nvim
HOMEBREW_FORBID_PACKAGES_FROM_PATHS: set
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 10
HOMEBREW_NO_ANALYTICS: set
HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE: set
Homebrew Ruby: 3.4.8 => /opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/3.4.8/bin/ruby
CPU: deca-core 64-bit arm_donan
Clang: 17.0.0 build 1700
Git: 2.52.0 => /opt/homebrew/bin/git
Curl: 8.7.1 => /usr/bin/curl
macOS: 26.2-arm64
CLT: 26.2.0.0.1.1764812424
Xcode: N/A
Rosetta 2: false

Output of brew doctor

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Warning: Some installed casks are deprecated or disabled.
You should find replacements for the following casks:
  font-ibm-plex
  librewolf

Warning: Some installed formulae are deprecated or disabled.
You should find replacements for the following formulae:
  cargo-watch
  icu4c@77
  postgresql@14

Warning: Broken symlinks were found. Remove them with `brew cleanup`:
  /opt/homebrew/bin/rustup
  /opt/homebrew/bin/rustup-init

Description of issue

Given a fresh installation with just the default taps, and the Brewfile as follows:

tap "rami3l/tap"
cask "font-dseg"

brew bundle install will cause the following error:

Error: No available formula with the name "font-dseg". Did you mean fonts-encodings?

However, if I comment out the cask line, run once, and then uncomment the line and run for a second time, everything will work flawlessly.

The conclusion seems to be that somehow brew bundle has forgotten to install the taps before their dependents.

PS: To complete the context, font-dseg is a cask in rami3l/tap:

> brew info font-dseg
==> font-dseg: 0.46
https://github.com/keshikan/DSEG
Installed
/opt/homebrew/Caskroom/font-dseg/0.46 (750.7KB)
  Installed on 2025-11-10 at 12:08:27
From: https://github.com/rami3l/homebrew-tap/blob/HEAD/Casks/font-dseg.rb
[...]

[krishkhinchi]

Hi @rami3l,

This looks like a real ordering issue in brew bundle install.

What’s happening:

• brew bundle evaluates casks before ensuring non-default taps from the Brewfile are added.
• On the first run, font-dseg isn’t found because rami3l/tap hasn’t been tapped yet.
• On the second run, the tap already exists, so the cask resolves correctly.

Workarounds (until fixed):

• Run brew tap rami3l/tap once before brew bundle install, or

• Split it into two commands in automation:

  brew bundle --no-install
  brew bundle install

• Or keep taps in a separate Brewfile and apply them first.

Recommendation:
This should be treated as a bug or enhancement request: brew bundle install should always process tap entries before resolving formulae/casks. Opening an issue or PR proposing explicit tap-first ordering would be reasonable.

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If not, tell me what part is still unclear and I’ll help further.

[SMillerDev]

Please stop giving obvious AI answers to questions people have. Especially stop giving ones that suggest more work for homebrew maintainers without a benefit

[SMillerDev]

If this is reproducible you're better off making a bug report for this in Homebrew/brew as per https://docs.brew.sh/Creating-a-Homebrew-Issue

[rami3l]

@SMillerDev Thank you very much for the quick reply. I've made https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/263185.

I didn't check all the verification boxes but I believe my existing warnings are irrelevant to this very issue.