By the sounds of it, the Cordova team is not in agreement on whether we should auto-add platforms with the Cordova CLI.
My two cents is: Fil Maj and I created the Cordova CLI to be an explicit CLI tool that produced parseable output for programmatic consumption. It's a tool for distributions to use. The PhoneGap CLI, on the other hand, is a simple CLI that helps the user and produced human-readable output. It's a tool for human use. That said, this philosophy has been long lost - the Cordova CLI is absolutely awful at programmatic usage. The implementation is trivial but this discussion is important. As a team, the Cordova contributors need to decide what they want. The worse thing that can happen is for this feature to be force pushed into `master` without a positive consensus. On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Andrew Grieve <agri...@chromium.org> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 11:40 PM, Terence M. Bandoian <tere...@tmbsw.com> > wrote: > > > Creating directories and downloading and installing files is a lot of > > "magic" that may not be desired. Here's another Git example: > > > > Compiling on android downloads & creates a bunch of files, but it is what > you want it to do. When would this not be desired? It's an easily undo-able > operation. > > With git, it's actually really important that you know what each command > does. With cordova, I don't think it's as important that you understand how > it works. You can get by with the fact that it does work. > > > > > > > $ git commit -m "commit test." > > On branch development > > Changes not staged for commit: > > modified: html/data/topics.json > > modified: html/topics.html > > > > no changes added to commit > > > > $ git status > > On branch development > > Changes not staged for commit: > > (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) > > (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working > directory) > > > > modified: html/data/topics.json > > modified: html/topics.html > > > > no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") > > > > On a related note, is there a diagram somewhere of all the cordova-cli > > commands and their associated options? > > > > -Terence > > > > > > > > On 1/10/2015 7:38 PM, Andrew Grieve wrote: > > > >> "cordova run" already builds before running (unless you add --nobuild). > I > >> think it'd be pretty annoying if we had run fail with a "you need to > build > >> first" kind of message. > >> > >> In my mind, cordova-cli's purpose is to add magic. Otherwise, you would > >> just use plugman+platform scripts (and yes, some people do and that is > >> okay). > >> > >> I think it would be awesome if you could clone a project, type "cordova > >> run > >> ios" and have it do everything necessary to run the app (install, build, > >> and deploy). > >> > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 8:13 PM, Jesse <purplecabb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> what does `cordova run ios` do in windows? > >>> or: > >>> `cordova run wp8` in mac? > >>> > >>> Note that recent changes allow you to `platform add ios` in windows, > but > >>> run will always be an error. > >>> Personally, I am with Terrance on this. Magic should be used very > >>> carefully. > >>> > >>> -------------- > >>> $ git on up > >>> git: 'on' is not a git command. See 'git --help'. > >>> > >>> Did you mean one of these? > >>> clone > >>> log > >>> notes > >>> svn > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> @purplecabbage > >>> risingj.com > >>> > >>> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Terence M. Bandoian <tere...@tmbsw.com > > > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Seems to me that: > >>>> > >>>> cordova run ios > >>>> > >>>> should do just that. If the platform has not been added, I'd suggest > >>>> > >>> that > >>> > >>>> it fail with an informative message that could include the command to > >>>> run > >>>> to resolve the problem (similar to Git bash). At this level, deducing > >>>> > >>> the > >>> > >>>> user's intentions has the potential to get messy in a hurry both in > the > >>>> code and for the user. > >>>> > >>>> -Terence Bandoian > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 1/9/2015 12:47 PM, Michal Mocny wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I'd like to have cordova-cli automatically install missing platforms > >>>>> > >>>> when > >>> > >>>> it is obvious that the platform is required. i.e.: > >>>>> > >>>>> cordova create Foo && cd Foo > >>>>> > >>>>>> cordova run ios > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ..should just `cordova platform add ios` automatically. > >>>>> > >>>>> It appears that this was already added to phonegap-cli. Would Adobe > >>>>> > >>>> mind > >>> > >>>> donating this to cordova-cli, or is it different enough for me to just > >>>>> start from scratch? Should be easy, but don't want to duplicate > >>>>> effort. > >>>>> > >>>>> Filed: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-8283 > >>>>> > >>>>> -Michal > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > > > >
