Github user riknoll commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/pull/232#discussion_r50896043
--- Diff: doc/plugin.txt ---
@@ -4,41 +4,49 @@ Synopsis
Manage project plugins
- add <pluginid>|<directory>|<giturl> [...] ..... add specified plugins
- pluginid will be
matched in --searchpath / registry
- directory is a
directory containing a plugin
- giturl is a git repo
containing a plugin
-
- [--searchpath <directory>] ................ when looking up
plugins by ID, look in this directory and
- each of its
subdirectories for the plugin before hitting the registry.
- Multiple search paths
can be used by either specifying the flag multiple
- times, or by
separating paths with a delimiter (: on 'nix, ; on Windows).
-
- [--noregistry] ............................ don't search the
registry for plugins
-
- [--link] .................................. when installing from a
local path, creates a symbolic link to the plugin
- instead of copying
files. The extent to which files are linked vs copied
- varies by platform.
Useful for plugin development.
- [--save] .................................. save the information
for specified plugin into config.xml
- [--shrinkwrap] ............................ used together with
--save, saves the installed version number to config.xml
-
-
-
- remove <pluginid> [...] ....................... remove plugins with
the given IDs
+ add <plugin-spec> [...] ............ Add specified plugins
+ --searchpath <directory> ....... When looking up plugins by ID,
look in this directory and
+ each of its subdirectories before
hitting the registry.
+ Multiple search paths can be
specified.
+
+ --noregistry ................... Don't search the registry for
plugins
+
+ --link ......................... When installing from a local
path, creates a symbolic link
+ instead of copying files. The
extent to which files are linked
+ varies by platform. Useful for
plugin development.
--- End diff --
That flag is only really useful for plugin development. It lets you debug
your plugin in a project. For Android, that means you can actually open your
code in Android Studio (otherwise, the project wouldn't include all of the
cordova-android java code). I say leave it in.
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