love this idea
On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Jonathan Bond-Caron < jbo...@gdesolutions.com> wrote: > Setting up the mobile spec app was tedious since I didn't know the > dependencies. > > I wrote a small patch that allows to pull a plugin from a git subdirectory > e.g. cordova plugin add > https://github.com/jbondc/cordova-labs?subdir=cordova-deps-mobile-spec > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4715 > > It got me thinking there might an opportunity to make this less tedious > with an 'alias' > > e.g. cordova plugin add @cordova-test > > The @ symbol signals an 'alias' (cordova-test) that cli would expand to > "https://.../cordova-plugin-battery-status https://.../cordova-plugin-device > etc..." > The list of plugins simply gets passed to plugman. > > A couple of 'core' aliases could make it easier to get started with > cordova, e.g. > cordova plugin add @cordova-common > cordova plugin add @cordova-test > cordova plugin rm @cordova-test > > Could also be called packaged / collection / grouped plugins. > > Thoughts? > >
