Oh sorry - well - I brought it up in an issue report for Ionic. They've got a few different ways of handling this, and I thought it might make sense to mention the Cordova Merges feature too. I was asked if it was possibly going away, hence me asking the Powers that Be here. (Wait, I think I'm one of those Powers...)
On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Carlos Santana <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok I agree for simple use case is very simple to drop files in merges. Which > is the use case for visual studio template. > > Just curious on why an open ended question? > > It will be the same as me asking "Is hooks as a Feature going away?" With not > other context. > > What prompted you to ask a the random question? > > Did someone told you that merges is going away? > > - Carlos > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 1, 2015, at 5:18 PM, Raymond Camden <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ok, so now we're off my initial question and into a debate. :) >> >> I think you are absolutely right - there are more powerful solutions - >> but that doesn't negate the ease of use of merges. The simplicity of >> it may be just fine for many use cases. >> >> >>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Carlos Santana <[email protected]> wrote: >>> If people wants achieve to do what merges do, I recommend hooks or custom >>> build process (i.e. npm scripts, gulp, grunt, ant, perl, ruby, etc) or >>> running custom build from hooks. >>> >>> There is more flexibility and control thru hooks than merges. >>> >>> - Carlos >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Sep 1, 2015, at 5:04 PM, Raymond Camden <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> K good enough for me. I don't agree with you. ;) >>>> >>>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Carlos Santana <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> In my personal opinion it's not a best practice anymore to use merges. >>>>> >>>>> The feature works today if you create a folder "merges" >>>>> >>>>> cordova create doesn't create it by default >>>>> It will not go away, visual studio leverages the "merges" folder in their >>>>> cordova templates. >>>>> >>>>> It will not be remove or deprecated, and at the same time will not be >>>>> highlighted as a main Cordova "F"eature >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> - Carlos >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>>> On Sep 1, 2015, at 3:34 PM, Raymond Camden <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> That's not what I'm asking though. What I'm asking is - as a "Feature" >>>>>> (capital F ;) of Cordova, is it something that is going away? >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Carlos Santana <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> For mfp cordova it's not needed, there are modern ways of achieving >>>>>>> this. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In cordova you can use hooks and merges >>>>>>> More advance users can use their build tooling like grunt, gulp, etc. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Carlos >>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sep 1, 2015, at 11:54 AM, Raymond Camden <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Just a quick question - is merges as a feature going away? 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