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Adam George commented on CB-5775:
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I've just been playing around with Cordova 3.3.0.
There's a new feature in this release where the
`platforms/ios/www/cordova_plugins.js` file that is generated, now has a new
"metadata" section in it.
module.exports.metadata =
// TOP OF METADATA
{
"org.apache.cordova.console": "0.2.4",
"org.apache.cordova.device": "0.2.4",
"org.apache.cordova.dialogs": "0.2.3",
"org.apache.cordova.globalization": "0.2.3",
"org.apache.cordova.network-information": "0.2.4",
"org.apache.cordova.splashscreen": "0.2.4",
"com.phonegap.plugins.barcodescanner": "1.0.1"
}
// BOTTOM OF METADATA
});
I guess that sort of is what I'm talking about. Although, I would have thought
putting that outside of the the `platforms` directory was a better idea.
Currently it's duplicated for each platform you have and means you cant easily
just add `platforms` to your .gitignore.
No idea either if there is some new "bundle install" type command that can
re-install the plugins in that list when doing a fresh checkout either.
Would be good to hear some information on how this will work in future cordova
versions.
> Save list of installed plugins and their installed versions in separate json
> file
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>
> Key: CB-5775
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5775
> Project: Apache Cordova
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: CLI
> Affects Versions: 3.3.0
> Reporter: Adam George
>
> There's a major piece of the puzzle missing from the package management
> capabilities of the CLI, that I haven't seen any discussion/info on yet.
> So I'm sorry if this is already planned, but I've searched around and can't
> see anything.
> There doesn't appear to be anything in cordova that saves the list of
> installed plugins and their installed version.
> Ideally I should be able to install a plugin, i.e.
> cordova plugin add org.apache.cordova.network-information
> And some sort of "plugins.json" file should be created/updated, specifying
> that the plugin was installed at version 3.0.0.
> (like what NPM or bower do with components.json/bower.json)
> That file only (and not any of the "artefacts" or vendor code in the
> `plugins` directory) should be version controlled.
> I should then be able to checkout my code from version control into a fresh
> location and run some sort of command like
> cordova plugin install
> or something, which would go through the plugins.json file and ensure they
> have all been installed at the versions specified.
> I'm assuming this is on the radar of things to do for the CLI, because it's
> pretty standard fare for package management functionality.
> For me, this is a high sort of priority, because currently using cordova CLI
> with version control sucks and is a pain when working with multiple
> developers.
> I currently have to version control both the `platforms` and `plugins`
> directories, despite them being "build artefacts" of the CLI - because
> there is no current way to check the code out from version control and have
> the CLI re-build everything correctly.
> I'd love to not have to store all that redundant 3rd party code in my repo,
> and having a `bundle install` like ability would make it so much easier when
> working with multiple people on a cordova project.
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