create-dmg
brew install create-dmg
v1.2.3
MIT
Shell script to build fancy DMGs
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★ GitHub stars · updated 2mo ago
GitHub topics
bash
dmg
macos
Links
- https://github.com/create-dmg/create-dmg
- GitHub: create-dmg/create-dmg
- Brew formula source: Formula/c/create-dmg.rb
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