Just checked: https://github.com/apache/cordova-lib/blob/master/cordova-lib/src/cordova/create.js#L179
Seems config.xml isn't required. We import the nested www/ if it exists, and same for config.xml merges and hooks. I would not expect any files/folders outside of www to be copied, dotfiles or not. If this isn't desired behaviour, we need a feature request. On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Michal Mocny <mmo...@chromium.org> wrote: > The *intention* of copy-from / link-to is to import either (a) a web > project, or (b) another cordova project. > > We used to check for (b) I think by the existence of a config.xml and > www/ (note: double check config.xml is required). If that check passes, we > copy those two nested contents only (I think) directly into the root of > your new project. > > If the check failed, we would copy the entire folder into the www/ of the > new project. > > There's some bug since you should get a valid cordova project no matter > what the contents of the import (with caveats of importing invalid > config.xml or bad apps). > > -Michal > > On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 7:12 AM, Raymond Camden <raymondcam...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I definitely can't recreate the "end up with a folder that isn't a >> project" but --copy-from does seem to ignore files it doesn't >> recognize. I filed a bug for it. >> >> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 6:07 AM, Raymond Camden <raymondcam...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > No, what seems to happen to me is: >> > >> > If I copy-from a directory that has a www folder in it, then it is >> > treated as the *root* of the new project and a proper Cordova folder >> > is not created. >> > >> > If I copy-from a dir that does NOT have a www folder in it, it is >> > treated as the www folder of a new project. >> > >> > Nope, I lie. Ok, so this is weirder than I imagined. >> > >> > I made a new folder called "testwithwww". It has a file called >> > something.txt and a folder called www with an index.html. >> > >> > I sourced a new project with it. My www folder copied fine, but >> > something.txt was completely ignored. It did, however, make a proper >> > Cordova project. >> > >> > So this is a bit different from what I saw earlier where my first test >> > created something that wasn't a project, but it definitely failed to >> > copy a file over. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 2:18 AM, Dmitry Blotsky <dblot...@microsoft.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Raymond, >> >> >> >> The semantics of “--copy-from” are: copy the passed path in place of >> the new project's “www” directory, which “cordova create” seems to obey. Is >> that not what happened in your case? However, the failure to copy over >> paths that start with “.” looks like a bug to me. Unless someone says >> otherwise, feel totally free file a bug in JIRA. >> >> >> >> Kindly, >> >> Dmitry >> >> >> >> On May 17, 2015, at 7:56 AM, Raymond Camden <raymondcam...@gmail.com >> <mailto:raymondcam...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> >> >> Well shoot - as a follow up - if I make a new Cordova project, lets >> >> call it testsource2, and then copy .settings to it, and then follow up >> >> by making a new project that uses copy-from pointing to testsource2, >> >> the CLI isn't copying the .settings directory. That is a bug for sure, >> >> right? >> >> >> >> On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Raymond Camden < >> raymondcam...@gmail.com<mailto:raymondcam...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> I thought I remember seeing a thread on this, but GMail is being a bit >> >> cranky about how I search today. >> >> >> >> I had thought that if you used --copy-from and the directory you used >> >> included www itself, then the folders would be copied over to a new >> >> project and merged in with normal default items. >> >> >> >> I just tested with a folder that had 2 items: A .settings directory >> >> and a www directory. While the CLI reported no issues, it did not >> >> create a proper Cordova project. It literally just copied .settings >> >> and www, but didn't do anything else to create a proper Cordova >> >> project. >> >> >> >> So I'm guessing that the expectation is that if you do not use a >> >> folder meant to be www, then your source directory should contain >> >> everything required for a proper Cordova project. But that's not >> >> forward-proof though. Imagine if Cordova 6 changes the project >> >> structure a bit so that a Foo folder is required, then I wouldn't be >> >> able to use my source dir w/o changing it. (Which, ok, probably won't >> >> happen.) >> >> >> >> So is this expected? Is this ok with others? Should I file a ER >> >> perhaps to make --copy-from in this situation add the rest of the >> >> project assets? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> =========================================================================== >> >> Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM >> >> >> >> Email : raymondcam...@gmail.com<mailto:raymondcam...@gmail.com> >> >> Blog : www.raymondcamden.com<http://www.raymondcamden.com> >> >> Twitter: raymondcamden >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> =========================================================================== >> >> Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM >> >> >> >> Email : raymondcam...@gmail.com<mailto:raymondcam...@gmail.com> >> >> Blog : www.raymondcamden.com<http://www.raymondcamden.com/> >> >> Twitter: raymondcamden >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org<mailto: >> dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org> >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org<mailto: >> dev-h...@cordova.apache.org> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > >> =========================================================================== >> > Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM >> > >> > Email : raymondcam...@gmail.com >> > Blog : www.raymondcamden.com >> > Twitter: raymondcamden >> >> >> >> -- >> >> =========================================================================== >> Raymond Camden, Developer Advocate for MobileFirst at IBM >> >> Email : raymondcam...@gmail.com >> Blog : www.raymondcamden.com >> Twitter: raymondcamden >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org >> >> >
