[HaraldNordgren]

It was hard for me to actually find the Homebrew paths to run binaries that are shadowed on my PATH. This partly reverses #22241 and #22130.

With --verbose, brew info now shows the Cellar: path of each keg, and lists shadowed executables in the Binaries section, grouped by shadowing directory, instead of as a caveat. Without --verbose, the shadowing warning is no longer shown.

▶ brew info git -v
==> git ✔: stable 2.56.0, HEAD
...
...
==> Installed Kegs and Versions
git ✔ 2.56.0 (1,734 files, 66.9MB) [Linked]
  Cellar: /usr/local/Cellar/git/2.56.0
  Built from source on 2026-10-04 at 17:02:15
...
==> Binaries
git-cvsserver

The following git executables are shadowed by commands in /Users/harald/.local/bin:
git                  git-receive-pack     git-upload-archive   git-upload-pack      scalar
The following git executables are shadowed by commands in /Users/harald/.bun/bin:
git-shell
Running these by name will not invoke the version provided by Homebrew
because the shadowing commands come earlier in your PATH.
Disable this behaviour by setting `HOMEBREW_NO_PATH_SHADOW_CHECK=1`.
Hide these hints with `HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS=1` (see `man brew`).
==> Caveats
The Tcl/Tk GUIs (e.g. gitk, git-gui) are now in the `git-gui` formula.
Subversion interoperability (git-svn) is now in the `git-svn` formula.

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Copilot review overview

🔵 Needs a closer look

Moderate issues remain around keg selection, duplicate PATH scans, and directory ordering.

Review effort: Lite
Findings: None

What changed in this PR

Updates verbose brew info output to show installation paths and PATH-shadowed executables.

Changes:

• Adds formula Prefix: and per-keg Cellar: paths.
• Groups shadowed executables under Binaries.
• Updates related info and caveat tests.

File	Summary
Library/​Homebrew/​test/​cmd/​info_spec.rb	Tests verbose paths and binary output.
Library/​Homebrew/​test/​caveats_spec.rb	Tests grouped shadowing behavior.
Library/​Homebrew/​cmd/​info.rb	Renders paths and verbose binary details; needs opt-linked keg selection and caching improvements.
Library/​Homebrew/​caveats.rb	Formats shadowing output; grouped directories need deterministic sorting.

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[MikeMcQuaid]

One tiny nit, otherwise looks good!

[MikeMcQuaid]

Thanks, almost there, was ready to approve but noticed one more thing.

[MikeMcQuaid]

Thanks!