diff --git a/util/cron/common-tarball.bash b/util/cron/common-tarball.bash
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..787c2175f096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/cron/common-tarball.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+source $CWD/common.bash
+
+export CHPL_HOME=$(cd $CWD/../.. ; pwd)
+log_info "Setting CHPL_HOME to: ${CHPL_HOME}"
+
+source ${CHPL_HOME}/util/build_configs/functions.bash
+
+major=$(get_src_major_version ${CHPL_HOME})
+minor=$(get_src_minor_version ${CHPL_HOME})
+patch=$(get_src_patch_version ${CHPL_HOME})
+sha=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+
+short_version="${major}.${minor}"
+version="${short_version}.${patch}.${sha}"
+
+function gen_release()
+{
+    local version=$@
+    log_info "Building tarball with version: ${version}"
+    ./util/buildRelease/gen_release ${version}
+}
diff --git a/util/cron/create_tarball.bash b/util/cron/create_tarball.bash
index 2f76231bb737..819930e23fa1 100755
--- a/util/cron/create_tarball.bash
+++ b/util/cron/create_tarball.bash
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 # The tarball is left in root of repo in tar/ directory.
 
 CWD=$(cd $(dirname $0) ; pwd)
-source $CWD/common.bash
-source $CWD/functions.bash
+
+source $CWD/common-tarball.bash
 
 # Tell gen_release to use existing repo instead of creating a new one with
 # git-archive.
@@ -18,17 +18,4 @@ log_info "Setting CHPL_HOME to: ${CHPL_HOME}"
 
 export CHPL_LLVM=none
 
-source ${CHPL_HOME}/util/build_configs/functions.bash
-major=$(get_src_major_version ${CHPL_HOME})
-minor=$(get_src_minor_version ${CHPL_HOME})
-patch=$(get_src_patch_version ${CHPL_HOME})
-sha=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-
-short_version="${major}.${minor}"
-version="${short_version}.${patch}.${sha}"
-
-log_info "Moving to ${CHPL_HOME}"
-cd $CHPL_HOME
-
-log_info "Building tarball with version: ${version}"
-./util/buildRelease/gen_release ${version}
+gen_release $version
diff --git a/util/cron/test-homebrew-linux.bash b/util/cron/test-homebrew-linux.bash
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..088bcd7434d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/cron/test-homebrew-linux.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# This script is to test the current homebrew formula on the local repository.
+# Using the Homebrew for linux CI tests and docker image.
+
+# This script will copy the chapel formula in chapel-lang repo under
+# util/packaging/home-brew,
+# replace the url and sha in the chapel formula with the url pointing to the
+# tarball created and sha of the tarball,
+# and run home-brew test-bot commands as homebrew CI does
+
+# Create a tarball from current repo.
+# The tarball is left in root of repo in tar/ directory.
+CWD=$(cd $(dirname $0) ; pwd)
+
+# common-tarball sets CHPL_HOME
+source $CWD/common-tarball.bash
+
+
+# Tell gen_release to use existing repo instead of creating a new one with
+# git-archive.
+export CHPL_GEN_RELEASE_NO_CLONE=true
+
+export CHPL_LLVM=none
+
+log_info "Moving to ${CHPL_HOME}"
+cd $CHPL_HOME
+
+# This will copy the chapel formula in chapel-lang repo under util/packaging/home-brew
+# replace the url and sha in the chapel formula with the url pointing to the tarball created and sha of the tarball.
+# run home-brew scripts to install chapel.
+
+# gen_release $short_version
+
+cp ${CHPL_HOME}/util/packaging/homebrew/chapel-main.rb  ${CHPL_HOME}/util/packaging/homebrew/chapel.rb
+cd ${CHPL_HOME}/util/packaging/homebrew
+# Get the tarball from the root tar/ directory and replace the url in chapel.rb with the tarball location
+location="${CHPL_HOME}/tar/chapel-${short_version}.tar.gz"
+log_info $location
+
+# Replace the url and sha256 in chapel.rb with the location of the tarball and sha256 of the tarball generated.
+# create sed -i '' -e for macOS
+sed_command="sed -i '' -e"
+$sed_command "s#url.*#url \"file\:///$location\"#" chapel.rb
+sha=($(shasum -a 256 $location))
+sha256=${sha[0]}
+log_info $sha256
+$sed_command  "1s/sha256.*/sha256 \"$sha256\"/;t" -e "1,/sha256.*/s//sha256 \"$sha256\"/" chapel.rb
+
+#To mimic home-brew CI. Run home-brew chpl install inside a container.
+# check if docker desktop is installed, if not fail the test.
+# TODO: maybe change this for linux?
+source ${CHPL_HOME}/util/cron/docker.bash
+start_docker
+# This mimics homebrew-ci
+# This will test homebrew installation inside ubuntu VM using the lastest chapel.rb using the tarball built
+cd ${CHPL_HOME}/util/packaging/homebrew
+
+# Replace the tarball location in the container where the tarball is copied over
+$sed_command "s#url.*#url \"file\:////home/linuxbrew/chapel-${short_version}.tar.gz\"#" chapel.rb
+
+cp ${CHPL_HOME}/util/packaging/homebrew/chapel.rb  ${CHPL_HOME}/util/packaging/docker/test
+cp $location ${CHPL_HOME}/util/packaging/docker/test
+
+#This will start a docker container that is similar to the one used by homebrew-ci and test the homebrew installation inside it.
+source ${CHPL_HOME}/util/packaging/docker/test/homebrew_ci.bash
+
+export CHPL_NIGHTLY_TEST_CONFIG_NAME="homebrew-linux"
diff --git a/util/cron/test-homebrew.bash b/util/cron/test-homebrew.bash
index 78103e76ad06..805828236bd1 100755
--- a/util/cron/test-homebrew.bash
+++ b/util/cron/test-homebrew.bash
@@ -6,33 +6,19 @@
 # replace the url and sha in the chapel formula with the url pointing to the tarball created and sha of the tarball.
 # run home-brew scripts to install chapel.
 
-# !IMPORTANT! Make sure REPO_PATH is set to where the homebrew-core repository should go
-# before running this script, or it will fail on the step where it diffs the current
-# formula with the copy we store in chapel-release.rb
-
 # Create a tarball from current repo.
 # The tarball is left in root of repo in tar/ directory.
 CWD=$(cd $(dirname $0) ; pwd)
-source $CWD/functions.bash
 
+# common-tarball sets CHPL_HOME
+source $CWD/common-tarball.bash
 
 # Tell gen_release to use existing repo instead of creating a new one with
 # git-archive.
 export CHPL_GEN_RELEASE_NO_CLONE=true
 
-export CHPL_HOME=$(cd $CWD/../.. ; pwd)
-log_info "Setting CHPL_HOME to: ${CHPL_HOME}"
-
 export CHPL_LLVM=none
 
-source ${CHPL_HOME}/util/build_configs/functions.bash
-major=$(get_src_major_version ${CHPL_HOME})
-minor=$(get_src_minor_version ${CHPL_HOME})
-sha=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-
-short_version="${major}.${minor}"
-version="${short_version}"
-
 log_info "Moving to ${CHPL_HOME}"
 cd $CHPL_HOME
 
@@ -40,13 +26,13 @@ cd $CHPL_HOME
 # replace the url and sha in the chapel formula with the url pointing to the tarball created and sha of the tarball.
 # run home-brew scripts to install chapel.
 
-log_info "Building tarball with version: ${version}"
-./util/buildRelease/gen_release ${version}
+gen_release $short_version
 
 cp ${CHPL_HOME}/util/packaging/homebrew/chapel-main.rb  ${CHPL_HOME}/util/packaging/homebrew/chapel.rb
 cd ${CHPL_HOME}/util/packaging/homebrew
+
 # Get the tarball from the root tar/ directory and replace the url in chapel.rb with the tarball location
-location="${CHPL_HOME}/tar/chapel-${version}.tar.gz"
+location="${CHPL_HOME}/tar/chapel-${short_version}.tar.gz"
 log_info $location
 
 # Replace the url and sha256 in chapel.rb with the location of the tarball and sha256 of the tarball generated.
@@ -62,7 +48,7 @@ $sed_command  "1s/sha256.*/sha256 \"$sha256\"/;t" -e "1,/sha256.*/s//sha256 \"$s
 brew upgrade
 brew uninstall --force chapel
 # Remove the cached chapel tar file before running brew install --build-from-source chapel.rb
-rm $HOME/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/*--chapel-${version}.tar.gz
+rm $HOME/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/*--chapel-${short_version}.tar.gz
 HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_FROM_API=1 brew install -v --build-from-source chapel.rb
 INSTALL_STATUS=$?
     if [ $INSTALL_STATUS -ne 0 ]
@@ -101,21 +87,4 @@ chpl pidigits.chpl
      log_info "./pidigits succeeded"
    fi
 
-#To mimic home-brew CI. Run home-brew chpl install inside a container.
-# check if docker desktop is installed in mac if not fail the test.
-source ${CHPL_HOME}/util/cron/docker.bash
-start_docker
-# This mimics homebrew-ci
-# This will test homebrew installation inside ubuntu VM using the lastest chapel.rb using the tarball built
-cd ${CHPL_HOME}/util/packaging/homebrew
-
-# Replace the tarball location in the container where the tarball is copied over
-$sed_command "s#url.*#url \"file\:////home/linuxbrew/chapel-${version}.tar.gz\"#" chapel.rb
-
-cp ${CHPL_HOME}/util/packaging/homebrew/chapel.rb  ${CHPL_HOME}/util/packaging/docker/test
-cp $location ${CHPL_HOME}/util/packaging/docker/test
-
-#This will start a docker container that is similar to the one used by homebrew-ci and test the homebrew installation inside it.
-source ${CHPL_HOME}/util/packaging/docker/test/homebrew_ci.bash
-
 export CHPL_NIGHTLY_TEST_CONFIG_NAME="homebrew"