openframeworks / openframeworks/projectGenerator

PG converts all paths into relative paths.

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Description

It appears that the PG currently converts all paths indiscriminately into relative paths.
However, I believe absolute paths should be excluded from this behavior.

A concrete example would be addons that depend on libraries installed system-wide, such as those provided via Homebrew. In such cases, converting these paths to relative ones can cause issues.

At the moment, I am exploring ways to run build tests when tools like Claude Code use git worktree. Using symlinks seems sufficient for handling libs and addons, but if paths inside the xcodeproj are automatically rewritten in this way, they inevitably become invalid due to path mismatches.

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Start at the project-generator path conversion that rewrites paths inside the xcodeproj, using the reported system-wide Homebrew library and git worktree/symlink scenario as reproduction context. Verify that absolute paths remain unchanged while relative paths retain current behavior, and confirm the generated xcodeproj paths work in the build tests.

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Tech stack
git
Domain
build-system, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
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