$ brew update # get latest version of Homebrew $ brew cleanup # Homebrew housekeeping $ brew cask cleanup # Cask housekeeping $ brew --version #Expected output: Homebrew 1.1.0
Homebrew 1.1.0 Homebrew/homebrew-core (git revision 375a8; last commit 2016-11-07)
It did not mention updating to new version in the output of the update command though.
cd $(brew --repo); git fetch; git reset --hard origin/master; brew update
brew upgrade: updates everything.