A CocoaPods plugin that allows you to easily generate a workspace from a podspec.
Whether you want to completely remove all Xcode projects from your library's repository or you want to be able to focus on a small piece of a monorepo, a single pod gen command will build up a workspace suitable for writing, running, testing, and debugging in Xcode.
When you're done working, you don't have to do anything -- and that means no merge conflicts, no managing Xcode projects, and no tearing down a sample app setup. pod gen manages all that for you.
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'cocoapods-generate'And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install cocoapods-generate
The main point of interaction with the plugin is via the pod gen command.
It takes in a list of podspecs (or directories) as arguments,
as well as many options that modify how gen will create your workspace.
Usage:
$ pod gen [PODSPEC|DIR ...]
Generates Xcode workspaces from a podspec.
pod gen allows you to keep your Podfile and podspecs as the single source of
truth for pods under development. By generating throw-away workspaces capable of
building, running, and testing a pod, you can focus on library development
without worrying about other code or managing an Xcode project.
pod gen works particularly well for monorepo projects, since it is capable of
using your existing settings when generating the workspace, making each gen'ed
project truly a small slice of the larger application.
Options:
--allow-root Allows CocoaPods to run as root
--silent Show nothing
--verbose Show more debugging information
--no-ansi Show output without ANSI codes
--help Show help banner of specified command
--podfile-path=PATH Path to podfile to use
--use-podfile Whether restrictions should be copied from
the podfile
--use-podfile-plugins Whether plugins should be copied from the
podfile
--use-lockfile Whether the lockfile should be used to
discover transitive dependencies
--use-lockfile-versions Whether versions from the lockfile should
be used
--use-libraries Whether to use libraries instead of
frameworks
--generate-multiple-pod-projects Whether to generate multiple Xcode projects
--incremental-installation Whether to use incremental installation
--gen-directory=PATH Path to generate workspaces in
--auto-open Whether to automatically open the generated
workspaces
--clean Whether to clean the generated directories
before generating
--app-host-source-dir=DIR A directory containing sources to use for
the app host
--sources=SOURCE1,SOURCE2 The sources from which to pull dependent
pods (defaults to all repos in the podfile
if using the podfile, else all available
repos). Can be a repo name or URL. Multiple
sources must be comma-delimited.
--local-sources=SOURCE1,SOURCE2 Paths from which to find local podspecs for
transitive dependencies. Multiple
local-sources must be comma-delimited.
--platforms=ios,macos Limit to specific platforms. Default is all
platforms supported by the podspec.
Multiple platforms must be comma-delimited.
--repo-update Force running `pod repo update` before
install
--use-default-plugins Whether installation should activate
default plugins
--deterministic-uuids Whether installation should use
deterministic UUIDs for pods projects
--disable-input-output-paths Whether to disable the input & output paths
of the CocoaPods script phases (Copy
Frameworks & Copy Resources)
--share-schemes-for-development-pods Whether installation should share schemes
for development pods
--warn-for-multiple-pod-sources Whether installation should warn when a pod
is found in multiple sources
--use-modular-headers Whether the target should be generated as a
clang module, treating dependencies as
modules, as if `use_modular_headers!` were
specified. Will error if both this option
and a podfile are specified
All of the command line options above can also be specified in a .gen_config.yml file.
For example, the equivalent of running pod gen --no-deterministic-uuids --sources=a,b --gen-directory=/tmp/gen --use-libraries would be
deterministic_uuids: false
sources:
- a
- b
gen_directory: /tmp/gen
use_libraries: trueAfter checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run bin/rake spec to run the tests.
You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install.
To release a new version, update the version number in VERSION, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/square/cocoapods-generate. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.
Everyone interacting in the cocoapods-generate project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.