Mailing-List: contact issues-help@cordova.apache.org; run by ezmlm
Precedence: bulk
Reply-To: dev@cordova.apache.org
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 01:20:50 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Adam George (JIRA)" <jira@apache.org>
To: issues@cordova.apache.org
Message-ID: <JIRA.12688431.1389509386953.84695.1389576050057@arcas>
In-Reply-To: <JIRA.12688431.1389509386953@arcas>
References: <JIRA.12688431.1389509386953@arcas>
Subject: [jira] [Commented] (CB-5775) Save list of installed plugins and
 their installed versions in separate json file
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit


    [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5775?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13869220#comment-13869220 ] 

Adam George commented on CB-5775:
---------------------------------

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
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 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.


--
This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA
(v6.1.5#6160)