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From: "Treggiari, Leo" <leo.treggiari@intel.com>
To: "dev@cordova.apache.org" <dev@cordova.apache.org>
Subject: RE: Directory Structure - CLI directory config proposal
Thread-Topic: Directory Structure - CLI directory config proposal
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Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 18:55:54 +0000
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I was reacting to this in your e-mail:

> The user may choose to check in the user specific config if the entire te=
am decides to use that as a project structure. They would not check the use=
r-config in cases where individual users use different IDEs.

There should be one directory structure defined for the project.  That meta=
data is under source code control as well as the sources that are actually =
using that directory structure.  Ideally, Cordova CLI and all IDEs use the =
checked in directory structure.  If an IDE can't handle that, then it would=
 need to change the metadata, and rearrange the project sources, and, of co=
urse, not check in those modifications.  So the use of multiple IDEs and Co=
rdova CLI will work when they all respect the directory metadata, specifica=
lly for the directories that are under source code control.  An IDE could d=
o whatever it wants in temporary/working directories.

> I could volunteer to take the first stab at that API that cordova-lib sug=
gests. Does that sound good ?

Definitely!

Thanks,
Leo

-----Original Message-----
From: Parashuram Narasimhan (MS OPEN TECH) [mailto:panarasi@microsoft.com]=
=20
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 11:40 AM
To: dev@cordova.apache.org
Subject: RE: Directory Structure - CLI directory config proposal

It is the latter. The idea is that there is a default directory structure t=
hat shall be defined by Cordova CLI, and the IDE can modify it, call tasks =
like prepare or compile directly from cordova-lib. The IDE could do clever =
things like copy only modified files, use symlinks, etc. From the hangouts =
discussion, it was agree that cordova-lib would expose APIs that shall be u=
sed by build systems, IDEs and the CLI. We need to finalize on that API.

I could volunteer to take the first stab at that API that cordova-lib sugge=
sts. Does that sound good ?

-----Original Message-----
From: Treggiari, Leo [mailto:leo.treggiari@intel.com]=20
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 6:45 AM
To: dev@cordova.apache.org
Subject: RE: Directory Structure - CLI directory config proposal

Is the flexible directory structure being proposed so that the CLI can "con=
form" to a directory structure defined by the IDE, or so that a user can de=
fine the directory structure and both the CLI and the IDE use it?  I'm an I=
DE developer, but I don't have a lot a sympathy for the former.  The latter=
 is useful.  I don't understand why an IDE should think IT defines the dire=
ctory structure, just like the CLI did prior to this proposal.

Leo

-----Original Message-----
From: Parashuram Narasimhan (MS OPEN TECH) [mailto:panarasi@microsoft.com]=
=20
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 10:17 PM
To: dev@cordova.apache.org
Subject: RE: Directory Structure - CLI directory config proposal

Should the platform/plugin save/restore take care of the ability to restore=
 platforms? That way, though the platforms folder is discernable, we do not=
 have to necessarily delete it. The goal of able to re-create a project sol=
ely based on the checked-in information still stays.=20

The user may choose to check in the user specific config if the entire team=
 decides to use that as a project structure. They would not check the user-=
config in cases where individual users use different IDEs.=20

-----Original Message-----
From: Marcel Kinard [mailto:cmarcelk@gmail.com]=20
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 12:50 PM
To: dev@cordova.apache.org
Subject: Re: Directory Structure - CLI directory config proposal

I don't want to dramatically increase the scope of this thread, but I'm won=
dering if this is the opportunity to get the platforms dir to be 100% gener=
ated and discardable between app builds. The goal being that then there is =
a clean line of what devs should check into SCM and what is in their .gitig=
nore file.

It also feels like there should be a slight difference between user-specifi=
c config that doesn't go into a team SCM (my copy of cordova-android is in =
/home/marcelk/customized), and project-specific config that does go into a =
team SCM (the layout of this meta config that describes where the project d=
irs are).

And yes, it should be 100% compatible with today's directory structure.