Hi David,
On Nov 12, 2007, at 1:19 PM, David D. Kilzer wrote:
Kevin Ollivier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...] The tricky part AFAICT would be XCode, though, because
even if there is a scripted solution for this, it would probably need
to be run on a Mac where we have access to AppleScript or some other
scripting tool that can read and make changes to XCode projects...
[...]
Xcode project files are plain text as well. It's possible to update
them via
script (see WebKitTools/Scripts/sort-Xcode-project-file), but it
requires a
little more insight than just staring at the source.
Right, in fact, I actually wrote a fair chunk of the XCode backend for
Bakefile, so I do remember the basics of the format, although my
memory is a bit hazy. :-) But the issue I saw with that approach is
that adding a file doesn't just mean inserting a file entry, XCode
uses UUIDs to refer to files and creates hierarchies of UUIDs to
manage folder hierarchies and the like. So to add a file to a certain
project folder, you'd have to retrieve the UUID of the parent folder
the file is to be inserted into, along with any parent folders for
that folder to know which PBXGroup in the project file you should
insert the new file's UUID into, and I don't know how we can get that
info without parsing the file and folder listing out of the XCode
project file. It seems there would be similar issues with adding/
removing a folder from the project file.
In short, I'm not sure we could get away with making those changes
reliably without parsing at least some chunks of the project file, if
not most of it. (WebCore.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj, for example,
largely consists of file references and folder organization.) However,
I have to admit I haven't seriously thought about the matter before
today, so it's possible I'm missing or overlooking something
important. Any ideas of how we could do this more simply?
Thanks,
Kevin
Dave
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