If cloning the homebrew/core taps fails (like for a flaky network connection), install.sh will appear to succeed but brew install will fail

[boblail]

• your problem was from running the official install or uninstall script?
• after installation: ran brew config and brew doctor and included their output with your issue? If you couldn't install: provided your OS version with the output of your issue?

What you were trying to do (and why)

Install Homebrew using the official script.

What happened (include command output)

1. I interrupted the script while cloning the homebrew-core tap (or my Internet connection was interrupted).
2. I reran the script and it succeeded.
3. I tried to install a formula in the core tap and it failed.

brew install homebrew/core/git

  ~ brew install homebrew/core/git
Warning: No available formula or cask with the name "homebrew/core/git".
==> Searching for similarly named formulae...
Error: No similarly named formulae found.
==> Searching for a previously deleted formula (in the last month)...
Error: No previously deleted formula found.
  

What you expected to happen

I would've expected the second attempt to run install.sh to correct the problem or to abort with an error like the one that brew doctor displays:

Warning: Homebrew/homebrew-core was not tapped properly! Run:
  rm -rf "/opt/homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core"
  brew tap homebrew/core

Step-by-step reproduction instructions (by running brew commands)

1. /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
2. Press Ctrl C while it is tapping homebrew/core
3. /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
4. brew install homebrew/core/git

[osalbahr]

I'm trying to replicate this issue. At which step does tapping homebrew/core happen?

[osalbahr]

Did the behavior change that this is no longer an issue? It seems that tapping only happens at brew install ... or similar commands, and it tries to re-tap if I interrupt it:

[dracula@fedora ~]$ brew install git
==> Tapping homebrew/core
Cloning into '/var/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 1535573, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (1807/1807), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (745/745), done.
^Cfetch-pack: unexpected disconnect while reading sideband packet

[dracula@fedora ~]$ brew install git
==> Tapping homebrew/core
Cloning into '/var/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 1535573, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (1807/1807), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (745/745), done.
^Cfetch-pack: unexpected disconnect while reading sideband packet

[dracula@fedora ~]$ 

[MikeMcQuaid]

Note this is only with HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_FROM_API set which is non-default and not recommended for end-users.