Add default brew search path for non-Intel / Apple silicon hardware (#1679)

* Add default brew search path for non-Intel / Apple silicon hardware

* add changelog fragment

* Update 1679-homebrew_search_path.yml

fix for double-ticks in yaml/rst format

* missing dots and brackets

changelogs/fragments/1679-homebrew_search_path.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - homebrew - add default search path for ``brew`` on Apple silicon hardware
+    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1679).
+  - homebrew_cask - add default search path for ``brew`` on Apple silicon hardware
+    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1679).
+  - homebrew_tap - add default search path for ``brew`` on Apple silicon hardware
+    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1679).

plugins/modules/packaging/os/homebrew.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ options:
             - "A ':' separated list of paths to search for 'brew' executable.
               Since a package (I(formula) in homebrew parlance) location is prefixed relative to the actual path of I(brew) command,
               providing an alternative I(brew) path enables managing different set of packages in an alternative location in the system."
-        default: '/usr/local/bin'
+        default: '/usr/local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin'
         type: path
     state:
         description:
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ notes:
 '''
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
-# Install formula foo with 'brew' in default path (C(/usr/local/bin))
+# Install formula foo with 'brew' in default path
 - community.general.homebrew:
     name: foo
     state: present
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ def main():
                 elements='str',
             ),
             path=dict(
-                default="/usr/local/bin",
+                default="/usr/local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin",
                 required=False,
                 type='path',
             ),

plugins/modules/packaging/os/homebrew_cask.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ options:
   path:
     description:
     - "':' separated list of paths to search for 'brew' executable."
-    default: '/usr/local/bin'
+    default: '/usr/local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin'
     type: path
   state:
     description:
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ def main():
                 elements='str',
             ),
             path=dict(
-                default="/usr/local/bin",
+                default="/usr/local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin",
                 required=False,
                 type='path',
             ),

plugins/modules/packaging/os/homebrew_tap.py

@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ def main():
     brew_path = module.get_bin_path(
         'brew',
         required=True,
-        opt_dirs=['/usr/local/bin']
+        opt_dirs=['/usr/local/bin', '/opt/homebrew/bin']
     )
 
     taps = module.params['name']