Distribution of Homebrew formulae for macOS

Homebrew taps (which host macOS package formulae) require a specific GitHub naming convention and repository layout, and unlike Linux packages, can't be served as static content from GitHub Pages. The necessary repository layout will be built in GitHub Actions and pushed to shaka-project/homebrew-shaka-lab, which satisfies the required name and layout of a Homebrew tap.

This deployment will allow users to use the brew tap command and receive update notifications from Homebrew for their macOS packages.

Setup for maintainers

Create a tap repo (homebrew-shaka-lab).
Create a GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT) for a user authorized on the homebrew-shaka-lab repo. For example, we are using shaka-bot. The access token must have the repo scope enabled.
Copy the PAT into GitHub as a secret on this repository named HOMEBREW_DEPLOY_TOKEN.
Create a GitHub repository secret named HOMEBREW_TAP_REPO with the name of the repository where the homebrew tap will be deployed. For example, we are using shaka-project/homebrew-shaka-lab.

The release.yaml workflow will use the stored PAT to push to the homebrew tap repository.

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