Homebrew install specific version of formula?

Question

How do I install a specific version of a formula in homebrew? For example, postgresql-8.4.4 instead of the latest 9.0.

Answer 1

Along the lines of @halfcube's suggestion, this works really well:

1. Find the library you're looking for at https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/tree/master/Formula
2. Click it: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/postgresql.rb
3. Click the "history" button to look at old commits: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/commits/master/Formula/postgresql.rb
4. Click the one you want: "postgresql: update version to 8.4.4", https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/8cf29889111b44fd797c01db3cf406b0b14e858c/Formula/postgresql.rb
5. Click the "raw" link: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/8cf29889111b44fd797c01db3cf406b0b14e858c/Formula/postgresql.rb
6. brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/8cf29889111b44fd797c01db3cf406b0b14e858c/Formula/postgresql.rb